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carry away

verb as in discharge

verb as in shanghai

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One man, who asked to keep his identity private, said he had seen a teenage boy carrying away a small child from changing rooms beside the beach on the day Cheryl disappeared.

From BBC

Two of the injured were carried away by helicopter.

From BBC

The masked thieves can be seen carrying away several boxes.

Mr Weaver said he could see one of the group had managed to grab on to a rock while one of the Spanish nationals had been swept into the torrent and was being carried away.

From BBC

Whether it was the toughness of the conditions, or the feeling between the teams, England got carried away in the morning session.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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