Chekhov's gun
eliminability
realism
eviscerate
exclusionary
unsticking
pull out
draw out
put by
tear out
unconstrict
pull
rip out
pull up
take out
extract
sweep
dephilosophize
reduce
come down
defactualize
unbar
boil down
spirit away
gut
open texture
freeze out
take away
denarrativize
write out
squeeze
jettisoning
omittance
sanitize
deaccession
clear
ineliminably
obviation
preclusion
overslip
purge
beat around the bush
unnecessitate
disimpact
forestalling
eliminationist
disclude
dematerialize
Geddes Axe
pretext
exsect
stalking-horse
unessence
pass
obliterate
nuke it from orbit
preventability
take out the trash
remove
crop
quicksand
unglossing
smooth out
unfashion
hold out
wash away
withdraw
take
kill
decimate
igg
dump job
weed out
avoider
comb out
omissive
demythologise
pretermit
quelch
grangerize
cart away
demythologize
wipe out
omission
bahala na
Alternativism
demystification
inclusivism
purifier
discard
handwave
cold feet
deletive
sweep away
ellipsism
a posteriori
uproot
exclusionary
omissive
deletive
ineliminably
a posteriori
eliminability
realism
unsticking
open texture
jettisoning
omittance
obviation
preclusion
forestalling
eliminationist
Geddes Axe
pretext
stalking-horse
preventability
quicksand
unglossing
dump job
avoider
omission
Alternativism
demystification
inclusivism
purifier
discard
cold feet
ellipsism
eviscerate
pull out
draw out
put by
tear out
unconstrict
pull
rip out
pull up
take out
extract
sweep
dephilosophize
reduce
come down
defactualize
unbar
boil down
spirit away
gut
freeze out
take away
denarrativize
write out
squeeze
sanitize
deaccession
clear
overslip
purge
beat around the bush
unnecessitate
disimpact
disclude
dematerialize
exsect
unessence
pass
obliterate
nuke it from orbit
take out the trash
remove
crop
smooth out
unfashion
hold out
wash away
withdraw
take
kill
decimate
igg
weed out
comb out
demythologise
pretermit
quelch
grangerize
cart away
demythologize
wipe out
handwave
sweep away
uproot
noun
- A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
- The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
- A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.
- An artistic representation of reality as it is.
verb
- To remove (something) from the present context and into its proper place; (figurative) to reject or disregard.
- Of a ship: to be run aground intentionally to avoid a collision
- To store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use.
- To perform an action without attracting the attention of.
verb
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- cause to move by pulling
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- move into a certain direction
- apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- steer into a certain direction
- strain abnormally
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- operate when rowing a boat
- rein in to keep from winning a race
- tear or be torn violently
- hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
- strip of feathers
- take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
- take away
noun
verb
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- cause to leave
- remove from its packing
- take out or remove
- obtain by legal or official process
- make a date
- remove something from a container or an enclosed space
- purchase prepared food to be eaten at home
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- take liquid out of a container or well
- buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
verb
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- get despite difficulties or obstacles
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
- extract by the process of distillation
- separate (a metal) from an ore
- obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- calculate the root of a number
noun
verb
- To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
- To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
- To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
- To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
- To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
- To strike with a long stroke.
- To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
- To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- To travel quickly.
- To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- To search (a place) methodically.
- To draw or drag something over.
- To play a sweep shot.
- To vacuum a carpet or rug.
- To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
noun
- Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
- The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
- Violent and general destruction.
- The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- A single action of sweeping.
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
- Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
- A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
- An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
- A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
- A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
- Any of the blades of a windmill.
- A chimney sweep.
- The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
- A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
- A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
verb
- be the essential element
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make less complex
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- lessen and make more modest
- make smaller
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- narrow or limit
- put down by force or intimidation
- undergo meiosis
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- take off weight
verb
- To remove or destroy the most important parts of.
- To dishearten; to crush (the spirits of).
- To eviscerate.
adj
noun
- A narrow passage of water.
- A class that is not demanding or challenging.
- The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
- The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
- The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged
- A person's emotional, visceral self.
- The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.
verb
- To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
- To remove something and put it in a different place.
- To subtract or diminish something.
- To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later.
- To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent.
- To remove a person, usually a family member or other close friend or acquaintance, by kidnapping or killing the person.
- To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.
noun
prep
verb
- To exclude someone from a narrative or history.
- To exclude (a character in a TV show, etc.) by writing the script so as to explain their disappearance (through death, moving away, etc.).
- To write a ticket or citation; to fill out a ticket or citation.
- To write at full length or in expanded form.
- To exhaust one's mental capacity by too much writing.
verb
- To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
- To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
- To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
- To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
- To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
- To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
- To fit into a tight place.
noun
- The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
- An instance of squeezing.
- A close or tight fit.
- The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
- An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
- A difficult position.
- A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
- A traversal of a narrow passage.
- A romantic partner.
- A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
- A hug or other affectionate grasp.
verb
- To make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material.
- To remove sensitive or personal data from (a database or file).
- To filter (text) to ensure it does not contain any characters that will cause problems for or be interpreted in an adverse way by the receiving system.
- To revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources.
- To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.
- Near-synonym: bowdlerize
verb
- To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
- To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
- To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
- To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- To pass without interference; to miss.
- To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
- To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
- To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- To exceed a stated mark.
- To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
- To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
- To obtain a clearance.
- To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
- To earn a profit of; to net.
- To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
- To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
- To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
adv
- Not near something or touching it.
- All the way; entirely.
- Free (or separate) from others.
- In a clear manner; plainly.
adj
- Free of obstacles.
- Good, the best.
- Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.
- Without clouds.
- Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- Transparent in colour.
- Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- Unmixed; entirely pure.
- Without diminution; in full; net.
- Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
- Better than, superior to.
- Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
- Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- Without a thickening ingredient.
- Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
noun
noun
- something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
- a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
- screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
- a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
verb
- To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
- To spend.
- To go from one person to another.
- To put through a sieve.
- To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
- To reject; to pass up.
- To happen.
- In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.
- To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
- To die.
- To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- To decline something that is offered or available.
- To move or be moved from one place to another.
- To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
- To continue.
- To elapse, to be spent.
- To progress from one state to another; to advance.
- To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.
- To make a lunge or swipe.
- To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.
- To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
- To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
- To achieve a successful outcome from.
- To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
noun
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- An intentional walk.
- The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- A sexual advance.
- An attempt.
- A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A thrust; a sally of wit.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
verb
- To forcefully remove undesirable people from a place.
- To announce something, hoping it will not get much publicity, at a time when it is not likely to be noticed by the news media, for instance on election day or late on Friday afternoon before a holiday weekend.
- Often used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take out, trash.
verb
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- remove from a position or an office
- dispose of
- cause to leave
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- stay away or leave
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- get rid of something abstract
noun
verb
- To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
- To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
- To cause to bear a crop.
- To beat with a crop, or riding-whip.
- To yield harvest.
- To mow, reap or gather.
- To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
noun
- Tin ore prepared for smelting.
- The lashing end of a whip.
- A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
- A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time.
- A photograph or other image that has been reduced by removing the outer parts.
- The foliate part of a finial.
- The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.
- An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop.
- An outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
- An entire oxhide.
- A rocky outcrop.
- A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation; a craw.
- A short haircut.
- The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.
- A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease.
- The act of cropping.
verb
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- pull back or move away or backward
- withdraw from active participation
- release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
- cause to be returned
- take back what one has said
- keep away from others
- break from a meeting or gathering
- retire gracefully
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- lose interest
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
verb
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- carry out
- require (time or space)
- take somebody somewhere
- get into one's hands, take physically
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- take into one's possession
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- receive willingly something given or offered
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- require as useful, just, or proper
- experience or feel or submit to
- make a film or photograph of something
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- conquer by force
- occupy or take on
- admit into a group or community
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- be a student of a certain subject
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- head into a specified direction
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- engage for service under a term of contract
- receive or obtain regularly
- buy, select
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- have sex with; archaic use
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- be designed to hold or take
- be capable of holding or containing
- develop a habit
- proceed along in a vehicle
- obtain by winning
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
noun
verb
- destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
- cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
- thwart the passage of
- end or extinguish by forceful means
- be fatal
- be the source of great pain for
- overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
- hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
- hit with great force
- deprive of life
- cause the death of, without intention
- drink down entirely
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- tire out completely
- cause to cease operating
noun
noun
- The abandonment of an unfinished task for which the abandoner might be expected to take responsibility, especially in a fashion that makes it likely that one or more colleagues will take on its completion.
- A dump truck.
- The act of moving a corpse from the place of death and abandoning it in a deserted area, typically to conceal a murder.
noun
- The act of omitting.
- Something not done or neglected.
- The shortening of a word or phrase, using an apostrophe ( ' ) to replace the missing letters, often used to approximate the sound of speech or a specific dialect.
- An instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out.
- The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
verb
- To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
- To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
- Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere).
- To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
- Of a pig or other animal: to dig up (something in the ground) using the snout; to rummage for (something) in the ground; to grub up, to root, to rout.
noun
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