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HTML

<div class="whatever"></div>
<button class="animate">Animate</button>
<button class="nukeit">Wipe whatever out!</button>

CSS

.whatever {
	margin: 20px;
	width: 100px;
	height: 100px;
	background: red;
}
.animation {
	animation: rotate 10s linear 1;
}

@keyframes rotate {
	0% {
		transform: rotate(0deg);
	}
	100% {
		transform: rotate(360deg);
	}
}

JavaScript

$("button.animate").click(function() {
   $("div.whatever").addClass("animation").one("webkitAnimationEnd mozAnimationEnd MSAnimationEnd oanimationend animationend", function() {
        alert("Whatever has finished animating!");
    });
});

$("button.nukeit").click(function() {
	$("div.whatever").trigger("animationend");
	$("div.whatever").remove();
});