javascript 删除元素

Question

如何使用javascript删除此类类型的html元素？

<section id="cd-timeline" class="cd-container">
 <div class="cd-timeline-block">
        <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-location">
            <img src="img/cd-icon-location.svg" alt="Location">
        </div> <!-- cd-timeline-img -->
        <div class="cd-timeline-content">
            <h2>Title of section 4</h2>
            <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. .</p>
            <a href="#0" class="cd-read-more">Read more</a>
            <span class="cd-date">Feb 14</span>
        </div> <!-- cd-timeline-content -->
    </div> <!-- cd-timeline-block -->   
</section> <!-- cd-timeline -->

Answer 1

var element = document.getElementById('cd-timeline');

if (element) {
    element.parentNode.removeChild(element);
}