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Remove , re·move / riˈmoōv/ • v. [tr.] take away (something unwanted or unnecessary) from the position it occupies: she sat down to remove her makeup. ∎ take… despoil , de·spoil / diˈspoil/ • v. [tr.] (often be despoiled) steal or violently remove valuable or attractive possessions from; plunder: the church was despo… debark , de·bark1 / dēˈbärk/ • v. [intr.] leave a ship or aircraft. ∎ [tr.] unload (cargo or troops) from a ship or aircraft. DERIVATIVES: de·bar·ka·tion / ˌd… Decapitate , de·cap·i·tate / diˈkapiˌtāt/ • v. [tr.] cut off the head of (a person or animal): [as adj.] (decapitated) a decapitated body. ∎ cut the end or top fr… Detach , de·tach / diˈtach/ • v. [tr.] 1. disengage (something or part of something) and remove it: he detached the front lamp from its bracket | fig. federal… Fibrinolysis , fibrinolysis The breakdown of the protein fibrin by the enzyme plasmin (fibrinase or fibrinolysin), which occurs when blood clots are removed from th…
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