remove

remove
remove [{{t}}rɪ'mu:v]
1 transitive verb
(a) (take off, out → clothes, object) enlever, retirer, ôter; (→ stain) enlever, faire partir; {{}}Medicine{{}} (→ organ, tumour) enlever, retirer; (take or send away → rubbish, plates etc) enlever; (→ person) emmener (to à);
to remove one's make-up se démaquiller;
to remove hair from one's legs s'épiler les jambes;
to have a mole/wart removed se faire enlever un grain de beauté/une verrue;
to remove a picture from the wall enlever un tableau du mur, décrocher un tableau;
the chairs were removed to the attic les chaises ont été mises au grenier;
she was removed to hospital elle a été transportée à l'hôpital ou hospitalisée;
to remove a child from school retirer un enfant de l'école;
death has removed her from us la mort nous l'a enlevée;
the soldiers were removed to the front on envoya les soldats au front;
{{}}formal{{}} she removed herself to her room elle se retira dans sa chambre;
police removed the demonstrators la police a fait partir les manifestants;
the judge ordered her to be removed from the court room le juge a ordonné qu'on la fasse sortir de la salle d'audience;
remove the prisoner! (in courtroom) qu'on emmène le prisonnier!
(b) (suppress → clause, paragraph) supprimer; (→ suspicion, doubt, fear) dissiper; (→ worry, obstacle, threat, word) supprimer, éliminer;
all obstacles have been removed tous les obstacles ont été écartés;
does this remove your objection? est-ce que cela répond à votre objection?;
to remove sb's name from a list rayer qn d'une liste;
his name has been removed from the list son nom ne figure plus sur la liste
(c) (dismiss → employee) renvoyer; (→ official) révoquer, destituer;
his opponents had him removed from office ses opposants l'ont fait révoquer
(d) {{}}euphemism{{}} (kill) faire disparaître, tuer;
I want him removed je veux qu'on le fasse disparaître
2 intransitive verb {{}}formal{{}}
(a) (firm, premises, family) déménager;
our office removed to Glasgow notre service s'est installé à Glasgow
(b) (person → go)
she removed to her room elle se retira dans sa chambre
3 noun
(a) (distance) distance f;
to experience sth at one remove faire indirectement l'expérience de qch;
at one remove from reality en léger décalage par rapport à la réalité;
this is but one remove from blackmail ça frôle le chantage;
her account is several removes from the truth son récit est assez loin de la vérité;
it's several removes or a far remove from what we need ce n'est vraiment pas ce qu'il nous faut;
it's only a slight remove from his usual themes ça ne diffère pas beaucoup de ses thèmes habituels
(b) (degree of kinship) degré m de parenté

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