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| NOUN: | Degree of separation, especially in time: distance. See NEAR. | | VERB: | 1. To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill1, liquidate, obliterate, root1 (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See HELP, MAKE. 2. To take or leave out: drop, eliminate, omit. See INCLUDE. 3. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution: eliminate, eradicate, liquidate, purge, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, put an end to. See HELP, KEEP. 4. To move along a particular course: fare, go, journey, pass, proceed, push on, travel, wend. Idioms: make one's way. See MOVE. 5. To change one's residence or place of business, for example: move, relocate, transfer. See MOVE. 6. To go or cause to go from one place to another: maneuver, move, shift, transfer. See MOVE. 7. To move (something) from a position occupied: take, take away, take off, take out, withdraw. See MOVE. 8. To take from one's own person: doff, take off. See PUT ON.
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