Issue this command:

sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db "DELETE from apps WHERE title='APP_NAME';" && killall Dock

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This tells sqlite3 to remove the app called APP_NAME from the Launchpad database and then kill the process called Dock, thereby restarting it.