Removal

Quick meaning: Removal is a noun meaning The process of removing or the fact of being removed.

Meaning

The process of removing or the fact of being removed.

More Meanings

1. The relocation of a business etc.
2. The dismissal of someone from office.
3. (Ireland) An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased.
4. (slang, euphemistic) Murder.

Example Sentences

The board decided the removal of the branch manager was the best option after his misbehaviour.

Mr. Homan has been the agency’s executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations, the division that carries out the removals.

The removal of unsightly graffiti on the sides of railway bridges spanning major roads in the North West is to be handed over to National Highways, to speed up the job.

At the same time, there have been significant grubbings of these pears, especially in Tasmania where removals have been assisted by the Fruit Growing Reconstruction Scheme.

Word Forms

• removals

Synonyms for removal

Depending on context, synonyms include move, relocation, ablation, deduction, deinstallation, subduction.

Antonyms for removal

Common opposites include addition.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include remotion, expelling, ablation, expel, remove, elimination.

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