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HTML

<div class="div"></div>
<div class="div"></div>
<div class="div"></div>
<div class="div"></div>
<div class="div"></div>
<div class="div"></div>
<div class="div"></div>
<div class="div"></div>

CSS

.div {
    height: 100px;
    width: 100px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    display: inline-block;
}

JavaScript

function removeDivs() {
	divs = document.getElementsByClassName('div')
	for (i = 0; i <= 8; i++) {
    	divs.removeChild(divs.childNodes[i])
    }
}
removeDivs()