Rid
Rid verb - To set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers.
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The conventional military could, in theory, get rid of Nilbog, but no one knows how many aces he has hidden up his sleeves as contingency plans, and since he's content to stay in the area he's taken over, no one's bothering to go to the trouble of trying to uproot him.
Source: Militaries Are Useless
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