def removePrefixes(word, prefixes):
    """
    Attempts to remove the given prefixes from the given word.

    Args:
        word (string): Word to remove prefixes from.

        prefixes (collections.Iterable or string): Prefixes to remove from given word.

    Returns:
        (string): Word with prefixes removed.
    """
    if isinstance(prefixes, str):
        return word.split(prefixes)[-1]

    for prefix in prefixes:
        word = word.split(prefix)[-1]

    return word