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HTML

<div id="list"> <div class="a">1</div><div class="b">1</div></div>
<div id="list"> <div class="a">2</div><div class="b">2</div></div>
<div id="list"> <div class="a">3</div><div class="b">3</div></div>
<div id="list"> <div class="a">4</div><div class="b">4</div></div>

JavaScript

$('.a:contains(2)').parent().remove();