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REMOVAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dismissal from office
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("removal" is a kind of...):
discharge; dismissal; dismission; firing; liberation; release; sack; sacking (the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "removal"):
purge (an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place)
Derivation:
remove (remove from a position or an office)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of removing
Example:
he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy
Synonyms:
remotion; removal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("removal" is a kind of...):
separation (the act of dividing or disconnecting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "removal"):
withdrawal (the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.)
withdrawal (the act of taking out money or other capital)
skimming (the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid)
disembowelment; evisceration (the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude)
rinse; rinsing (the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing)
emptying; evacuation; voidance (the act of removing the contents of something)
elimination (the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations)
elimination; riddance (the act of removing or getting rid of something)
dislodgement; dislodgment (forced removal from a position of advantage)
dermabrasion (removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer)
baring; denudation; husking; stripping; uncovering (the removal of covering)
deletion (the act of deleting something written or printed)
decontamination (the removal of contaminants)
autotomy (spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack)
extraction (the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force))
abstraction (the act of withdrawing or removing something)
abscission; cutting off (the act of cutting something off)
Derivation:
remove (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
remove (dispose of)
Context examples:
“It must not be thought of. My sister, I am sure, will not hear of her removal.”
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Surgical removal of part or all of the adrenal gland.
(Adrenalectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
Mice lacking beta-amyloid (from the genetic removal of APP) died more often from infection.
(Alzheimer’s protein may have natural antibiotic role, NIH)
Plasma is the single largest component of blood and is the clear liquid that remains after the removal of red and white blood cells and platelets.
(Study highlights potential for ‘liquid health check’ to predict disease risk, University of Cambridge)
The surgical removal of a toe.
(Amputation of Toe, NCI Thesaurus)
The surgical removal of all or part of the foot.
(Amputation of Foot, NCI Thesaurus)
We now know of twenty-one boxes having been removed, and if it be that several were taken in any of these removals we may be able to trace them all.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
One good thing was immediately brought to a certainty by this removal,—the ball at the Crown.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Surgical removal of part of the uterine body, frequently performed as a treatment for leiomyomas.
(Myomectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
Removal of tissue from the kidney, for microscopic examination, performed during an open surgical procedure.
(Open Biopsy of Kidney, NCI Thesaurus)
