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Remove and Commit

noun

  • Degree of figurative distance or separation.
    • usage: "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";

verb

  • Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.
    • usage: "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"
  • Remove from a position or an office.
  • Dispose of.
    • usage: "Get rid of these old shoes"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
  • Cause to leave.
    • usage: "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"
  • Shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes.
    • usage: "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"
  • Go away or leave.
    • usage: "He absented himself"
  • Kill intentionally and with premeditation.
    • usage: "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
  • Get rid of something abstract.
    • usage: "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

verb

  • Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
    • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
    • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
    • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • Confer a trust upon.
    • usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • Make an investment.
    • usage: "Put money into bonds"
  • Engage in or perform.
    • usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.