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Feb 13, 2012
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Synonyms for removed

Verb

1. remove, take, take away, withdraw
usage: 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 environment"
2. remove
usage: remove from a position or an office
3. get rid of, remove
usage: dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
4. take out, move out, remove
usage: cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"
5. remove, transfer, transfer, shift
usage: 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"
6. absent, remove, disappear, vanish, go away
usage: go away or leave; "He absented himself"
7. murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove, kill
usage: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
8. remove, take away
usage: get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

Adjective

1. abstracted, removed, separate (vs. joint)
usage: taken out of or separated from; "possibility is...achievability, abstracted from achievement"- A.N.Whitehead
2. remote, removed(predicate), distant (vs. close)
usage: far apart in nature; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
3. distant, remote, removed, far (vs. near)
usage: far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far removed from towns and cities"
4. removed(predicate), distant (vs. close)
usage: separated in relationship by a given degree of descent; "a cousin once removed"
5. distant, remote, removed, far (vs. near)
usage: far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times"
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