removal
Americannoun
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removals
plural
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the act of removing.
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change of residence, position, etc.
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dismissal, as from an office.
noun
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the act of removing or state of being removed
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a change of residence
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( as modifier )
a removal company
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dismissal from office
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the forced displacement of a community for political or social reasons
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Origin of removal
Explanation
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.
Vocabulary lists containing removal
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -al, -ial
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"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 6
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The Age of Jackson and Westward Expansion, Lessons 3–5
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Pathway Home, Los Angeles County’s encampment removal program, has conducted 10 operations in the two cities and their immediate unincorporated islands, bringing a total of 303 people off the streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Copies of clips were quickly taken down from social media sites via copyright strikes, where the owner of a work can request its removal.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The EPA has also said the area is safe, following the vacuuming of chemicals from creeks and removal of more than 240,000 tons of contaminated soil, among other things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The Hiroshima University team set out to determine whether oral health was also associated with how long patients survived after undergoing resection, the surgical removal of all or part of an organ, for PDAC.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Further removal of tons of silt disclosed that even after almost 450 years beneath the sea, most of the Mary Rose had not broken apart.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Officials say about a third were failed asylum seekers - the highest number for 16 years and double the rate of removals that occurred in 2021.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
In 2005, the California government formally apologized for these forced removals, recognizing they were “fundamental violations of … basic civil liberties and constitutional rights” during a period “of illegal deportation and coerced emigration.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The lawsuit alleges Ghana is violating domestic and regional law by "facilitating removals to unsafe countries", a statement from the legal coalition said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
In May 2025, the Supreme Court, on its emergency docket and without full argument, let both removals stand and never mentioned Humphrey’s.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
The church, by removals, decrease almost as fast as it increases.
From Autobiography of Z. S. Hastings by Z. S. Hastings
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