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removal

[ ri-moo-vuhl ]

noun

  1. the act of removing.
  2. change of residence, position, etc.
  3. dismissal, as from an office.


removal

/ ɪˈːə /

noun

  1. the act of removing or state of being removed
    1. a change of residence
    2. ( as modifier )

      a removal company

  2. dismissal from office
  3. the forced displacement of a community for political or social reasons
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • r·DZa noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of removal1

First recorded in 1590–1600; remove + -al 2
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Trump is already the only president to be impeached twice, and neither attempt led to a successful removal from the Oval Office.

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Our argument was never simply about the removal of single word judgements which we have managed to achieve.

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Homan dismissed the use of the word "deported" to describe the removal of the children from the country.

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Nearly four hundred other books were purged, prompting members of the House Armed Services Committee to demand that the Navy, “stop the removal of books from the service academy’s library.”

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And the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan was initially flagged for removal from Pentagon documents, apparently due to the word "gay".

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