Remove a movie clip from a var

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var eliminateMe:MovieClip = _root[“Target” + i]
trace(eliminateMe)
arrowActive = false;
removeMovieClip(this);
removeMovieClip(eliminateMe);

for some reason the datatyping is not allowed. Iv tried a few other options and have had no success.

like
var eliminateMe = MovieClip (_root[“Target” + i]);

removeMovieClip(_root[“Target” + i]);