US /ɹɪˈmu.vəl/ UK /ɹɪˈmuː.vəl/
noun Freq #12030

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The act of taking something away or getting rid of it.

    The surgery involved the removal of a small tumour.

  2. 2
    noun

    The act of forcing someone out of a job or position.

    The board voted for the removal of the chief executive.

  3. 3
    noun

    The act of moving a home or business to a new place.

    The removal to their new house took the whole weekend.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the act of taking something... remotion
More ablationdeductiondeinstallationmoverelocationsubductionsublationsubtraction
Opposites
Word family
Forms removals
Derived forms antiremovalbioremovalboyremovalremovalist

Etymology

From remove + -al.

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