Deleting movie clips

I tried to use removeMovieClip() in AS 2.0 but it never works. I attached a movieclip dynamically into another movieClip but at a certain point or when a button is pressed, how do I delete that instance that was placed on the stage dynamically?

I even tried placing a simple button and movieclip on the stage and scripted the button that, when pressed, would delete the movie clip but that didn’t even work. Can movie clips be deleted off the stage with actionscript?