remove

IPA: rimˈuv

The act of removing something.
(cooking, now chiefly historical) A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.
(Britain) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
Distance in time or space; interval.
(figurative, by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.
(figurative, by extension) State of mind allowing for a certain degree of objectivity in evaluating things.
(dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

(transitive) To delete.
(transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
(obsolete, formal) To replace a dish within a course.
(transitive) To murder.
(cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
(transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
(intransitive, now rare) To depart, to leave; to move oneself or be moved.
(intransitive, archaic) To change one's residence or place of business; to move.
To dismiss or discharge from office.

Examples of "remove" in Sentences

After it simmers one more time, remove from the heat and cover to keep warm.
Cover, remove from the heat, and let steep at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Make sure to remove the labels, and as much of the glue as you can — it will melt and require some scrubbing to remove from the crock.
Though tasting of the fruits of the first remove from the soil, she was not afraid of the soil; she could return to it gleefully and naturally.
Garnett's paintings force viewers to contemplate how ugly and destructive its procession can be, and proclaim that physical remove is no excuse for ignoring that reality.
But Garnett's paintings force viewers to contemplate how ugly and destructive its procession can be, and proclaim that physical remove is no excuse for ignoring that reality.
Me, not so much, but what I think is really cool about what you've described is how it puts all the moral conflict at one remove from the people -- it's the * vampires* (from what you describe) that are trying to figure out how to live morally as everything is collapsing around them.