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HTML

<table id="t1"></table>

<div class="bulk_action">
  <div title="Remove requests" class="trash_iconset_grey_16px removeRequest">Remove</div>
  <div title="some other button" class="abc">Some other button</div>
</div>
<hr>
<table >
  <tr><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr>
  
</table>

<div class="bulk_action">
  <div title="Remove requests" class="trash_iconset_grey_16px removeRequest">Remove</div>
  <div title="some other button" class="abc">Some Other Button</div>
</div>

JavaScript

var tbl = $('.bulk_action').prev($('table tr td:eq(2)').remove())
  
  var tbl = $('#hidZone').prev($('table table tr td:eq(1)').remove())
 
  //alert(tbl.attr('id'));

 // $( "'" + tbl + ' tr td:eq(3)').remove();