removal (rɪˈmuːvəll
)
Definitions
noun
- the act of removing or state of being removed
- a change of residence
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a removal company
- dismissal from office
- South Africa the forced displacement of a community for political or social reasons
Synonyms
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extraction,
stripping,
withdrawal,
purging,
abstraction,
uprooting,
displacement,
eradication,
erasure,
subtraction,
dislodgment,
expunction,
taking away or off or out
Translations
- British English:
removal
The removal of something is the act of removing it....the removal of the tumour during the operation.rɪˈmuːvl NOUN ...the removal of the tumour during the operation.
- Spanish:
traslado
nm
- French:
retrait
nm
- German:
Beseitigung
nf
- Chinese: 移开 n
- Arabic: إزَالَة n
- Portuguese: remoção nf
- Russian: перемещение nnt
- Croatian: preseljenje nnt
- Czech: odstranění nnt
- Danish: fjernelse nutr
- Dutch: verwijdering nf
- Finnish: muutto n
- Greek: αφαίρεση nf
- Italian: trasloco nm
- Japanese: 移動 n
- Korean: 제거 n
- Norwegian: fjerning nm
- Polish: przeprowadzka nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: remoção nf
- European Spanish:
traslado
nm
- Swedish: flyttning nutr
- Thai: การเคลื่อนย้าย n
- Turkish: taşıma n
- Vietnamese: sự di dời n
Usage examples
Loclon's transfer was nothing like the subtle removal of wit that Dacendaran had performed on Joyhinia.
, TREASON KEEP (2001)The removal will take place this evening from Brennan's Funeral Home, Glenbeigh, to the Church of St James, Glenbeigh.
Irish Times (2002)Julie Gibson, Orkney's county archaeologist, said the removal of the bowl was a serious loss.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The villain will be called Dr Reginald Osiris, but he will not have a `love removal machine '.
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