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remove
A	noun
	1	remove
			degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚position; spatial relation ╚placement; arrangement ╚spacing; spatial arrangement ╚distance ╚remove
B	verb
	1	remove, take, take away, withdraw
			remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the envir

	2	absent, remove
			go away or leave; "He absented himself"
		Category Tree: disappear; vanish; go away ╚absent, remove
	3	remove, take away
			get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

	4	remove, transfer
			shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer; shift ╚remove, transfer
	5	get rid of, remove
			dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

	6	remove
			remove from a position or an office

	7	take out, move out, remove
			cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

	8	murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove
			kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
		Category Tree: kill ╚murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove ╚execute ╚burke

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