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Collocations for remove - verb

ADVERB

altogether, completely, entirely
partially
effectively
Translation software should effectively remove all barriers to communication between people.
By producing an heir, the Queen effectively removed her cousin's hopes of succeeding to the throne.
successfully
permanently, temporarily
hastily, quickly, rapidly
gradually, slowly
easily
The old cladding can be easily removed using a hammer.
painlessly
safely
carefully
forcibly
people who have been forcibly removed from their homes
surgically
Unsightly moles can be removed surgically.
manually, physically

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VERB + remove

try to
be possible to
be difficult to
These stains can be difficult to remove.

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PREPOSITION

for
Fittings should be completely removed for cleaning.
from
She removed the dirty dishes from the table.
with
Bee stings should be removed with tweezers.

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Remove is used with these nouns as the subject:
surgeon

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Remove is used with these nouns as the object:
ambiguity, appendix, armour, ban, bandage, bark, barricade, barrier, battery, birthmark, blockade, blockage, bolt, boot, branch, bulb, bullet, burden, cap, carbon dioxide, cataract, cell, cloak, clot, clothes, coat, constraint, contact lens, control, cover, crease, curse, debris, dentures, deposit, diaper, dirt, disk, doubt, dressing, dust, fat, file, film, fitting, gag, garbage, glasses, graffiti, grease, handcuffs, harness, hat, helmet, hood, impediment, incentive, inconsistency, inequality, influence, jacket, jewellery, key, label, lacquer, layer, lid, limitation, link, lipstick, lump, lung, make-up, mark, mascara, mask, mine, mole, monument, mould, nail, nail polish, nappy, necessity, need, needle, nut, obstacle, obstruction, odour, paint, panel, partition, pin, pit, plaque, plug, polish, pollutant, president, reference, regime, remains, restraint, restriction, roadblock, rubbish, rust, scaffolding, screw, section, seed, shrapnel, silt, ski, skin, spell, splinter, stain, stem, stigma, sting, stitch, stress, stumbling block, subsidy, sunglasses, tag, tangle, tape, tariff, tattoo, tissue, tonsils, tooth, trace, trustee, tumour, uncertainty, varnish, vegetation, veil, vestige, waste, weed, wig, worry, wrapper

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