| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To take or leave out: drop, omit, remove. See INCLUDE. 2. To discharge (wastes or foreign substances) from the body: evacuate, excrete. Medicine : purge. See KEEP. 3. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution: eradicate, liquidate, purge, remove, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, put an end to. See HELP, KEEP. 4. To keep from being admitted, included, or considered: bar, count out, debar, except, exclude, keep out, rule out, shut out. See INCLUDE.
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