Remove all elements contained in another array

I am looking for an efficient way to remove all elements from a javascript array if they are present in another array.

// If I have this array:
var myArray = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g'];

// and this one:
var toRemove = ['b', 'c', 'g'];

I want to operate on myArray to leave it in this state: ['a', 'd', 'e', 'f']

With jQuery, I’m using grep() and inArray(), which works well:

myArray = $.grep(myArray, function(value) {
    return $.inArray(value, toRemove) < 0;
});

Is there a pure javascript way to do this without looping and splicing?

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