Re: bring vs. fetch

In <7rv5345cah55m4aogok63p0d0ckif24csv@xxxxxxx> dorris26 <dorris26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

one more question -- is it normal (I mean is it prevalent) to use verb
"scavenge" in the phrase about detaching one part of the software from
another? for example like this: "when Internet Explorer will be
scavenged from Windows"?

No, "scavenge" implies searching around for things not needed and removing
them. So it is exactly what a garbage collector does.

If you want to get rid of Internet Explorer from Windows, then the word
would be "remove" (or, if you particularly want to vent your
anti-Microsoft views, you could say "excise").

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