It entails removing oneself from events, stimuli, interactions, etc. under the fear of being reminded of painful thoughts and feelings.

The hard-core method entails removing the calipers from the car.

A vessel carrying the bridge stopped in Table Bay in 1850 for repairs that entailed removing the bridge from its deck.

Oil contamination was found in the area of the paint shop, she said, but cleanup work, which entailed removing soil, was recently completed.

This would entail removing an anomaly resulting from the overhaul of the tax system.

Recently a facsimile of the book was produced, which entailed removing the leaves from their binding.

There's the gentle kind, which entails simply removing the old blossoms so that the shrub doesn't go to seed and drain energy from next year's flowers.

The first phase of the cleanup, completed last spring, entailed removing the beagle carcasses.

I am talking about state-imposed violence, entailing removing children from their mothers, which is happening with increasing frequency.

The most drastic method would entail removing the top 16 to 20 inches of soil from the entire island of Bikini.