English noun: removal |
1. | removal (act) the act of removing |
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| Samples | He had surgery for the removal of a malignancy.
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| Synonyms | remotion |
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| Broader (hypernym) | separation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | abscission, abstraction, autotomy, baring, cutting off, decontamination, deletion, denudation, dermabrasion, disembowelment, dislodgement, dislodgment, elimination, elimination, emptying, evacuation, evisceration, extraction, husking, riddance, rinse, rinsing, skimming, stripping, uncovering, voidance, withdrawal, withdrawal |
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2. | removal (act) dismissal from office |
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| Broader (hypernym) | discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | purge |
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