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HTML

<div>above foo</div>
<div id="foo"> i am the great and powerful foo</div>
<div>below foo</div>

JavaScript

$("#foo").replaceWith( [] );
$("#foo").replaceWith( $("#notfoo") );
$("#foo").replaceWith( function() {} );
$("#foo").replaceWith( function() { return ""; } );