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The word removal is the noun version of the verb to remove. When you "re-move" a sofa, you move it again by getting rid of it. You've seen to its removal.

Carpet removal is the specialty of companies that come and take your old rugs away. When someone is asked to step down from a job or position, it's referred to as their removal. And why not? Why is a city council member's removal from office any different from a drunken idiot's removal from a nightclub? Congratulations! You've overseen the removal of the hated chairman of the board. Now we can install a new, truly lovable one in his place.

DEFINITIONS OF: removal

n the act of removing

“he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy”

Synonyms:: remotion

Types:: show 27 types...; hide 27 types...; abscission, cutting off
the act of cutting something off; abstraction
the act of withdrawing or removing something; extraction
the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force); autotomy
spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack; decontamination
the removal of contaminants; deletion
the act of deleting something written or printed; baring, denudation, husking, stripping, uncovering
the removal of covering; dermabrasion
removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer; dislodgement, dislodgment
forced removal from a position of advantage; elimination, riddance
the act of removing or getting rid of something; elimination
the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations; emptying, evacuation, voidance
the act of removing the contents of something; rinse, rinsing
the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing; disembowelment, evisceration
the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude; skimming
the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid; withdrawal
the act of taking out money or other capital; withdrawal
the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.; circumcision
the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males; drain, drainage
emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it; bank withdrawal
the withdrawal of money from your account at a bank; disinvestment
the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation; castration, expurgation
the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work; censoring, censorship
deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances; erasure, expunction, expunging
deletion by an act of expunging or erasing; simplification
elimination of superfluous details; deforestation, disforestation
the removal of trees; cornhusking
the act of removing the husks from ears of corn

Type of:: separation
the act of dividing or disconnecting

n dismissal from office

Types:: purge
an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place

Type of:: discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

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