能否用js删除一个table呢？

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<HTML>
 <HEAD>
  <TITLE> New Document </TITLE>
  <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="EditPlus">
  <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="">
  <META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="">
  <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="">
  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
  <!--
function removeTable() {
var table1  = document.getElementById("table1");
document.body.removeChild(table1);
}
  //-->
  </SCRIPT>
 </HEAD> <BODY>
  <TABLE id="table1">
  <TR>
<TD>sdafsaf</TD>
<TD>dasfdsa</TD>
<TD>asdf</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
<TD>sadf</TD>
<TD>ds</TD>
<TD>adsf</TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  <INPUT TYPE="button" value="删除表格" OnClick="removeTable()">
 </BODY>
</HTML>