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remove

 
 
/rɪˈmuːv/ verb [T]

Translation

TAKE AWAY to take something away
taşımak, kaldırmak, alıp götürmek
An operation was needed to remove the bullets from his chest.7871648
TAKE OFF to take something off
çıkarmak, temizlemek
Liz removed her jacket and hung it on a chair. Carefully remove the lid, then stir the paint.7871648
JOB formal to make someone stop doing their job
at(ıl)mak, çıkar(ıl)mak, uzaklaştır(ıl)mak
[often passive] He had been removed from his job on medical grounds.16401438
be far removed from sth to be very different from something
...dan/den uzak olmak/farklı olmak; ilgisi/alâkası olmamak
The princess's world was far removed from reality.2180
(Definition of remove verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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