get rid of

1. Dispose of (synset 202228837)
   "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
   subtypes:

   • cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out - throw or cast away
   • slough off - discard as undesirable
   • comb out, weed out - remove unwanted elements
   • work off - cause to go away through effort or work
   • cull - remove something that has been rejected
   • ditch, dump - sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
   • unmuzzle - remove the muzzle from (a dog)
   • de-aerate, deaerate - remove air or gas from
   • decaffeinate - remove caffeine from (coffee)
   • decarbonate - remove carbon dioxide from
   • decerebrate - remove the cerebrum from (a human body)
   • dechlorinate - remove chlorine from (water)
   • defat - remove the fat from
   • defibrinate - remove fibrin from (blood)
   • degrease - remove grease or oil from (a pan)
   • deionize - remove ions from
   • delist - remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange
   • delocalize - remove from the proper or usual locality
   • deoxygenate - remove oxygen from (water)
   • destain - remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast
   • desulfurize, desulphurize - remove sulfur from
   • detick - free (a pet) of ticks
   • devein - remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp)
   • fettle - remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)
   • flesh - remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture
   • flense - strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal)
   • kern - remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters)
   • pith - remove the pith from (a plant)
   • scum - remove the scum from
   • unbridle - remove the bridle from (a horse or mule)
   same as: remove
2. Terminate, end, or take out (synset 200472642)
   "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
   is a type of: destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
   subtypes:

   • cancel out, wipe out - wipe out the effect of something
   • decouple - reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)
   • decouple - eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)
   • obliterate - do away with completely, without leaving a trace
   • knock out - eliminate
   • drown - get rid of as if by submerging
   • cut out - delete or remove
   • cut, prune, rationalise, rationalize - weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
   • extinguish, snuff out - put an end to; kill
   • except, exclude, leave off, leave out, omit, take out - prevent from being included or considered or accepted
   same as: do away with, eliminate, extinguish
3. Do away with (synset 202432181)
   "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
   subtypes:

   • cashier - discard or do away with
   • abrogate - revoke formally
   same as: abolish

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