removal
noun
1 removal
The act of removing:
— He had surgery for the removal of a malignancy.
synonym: remotion.
Roget 301:
extraction;
extracting
etc.
v.;
removal,
elimination,
extrication,
eradication,
evolution.
evulsion†,
avulsion†;
wrench;
expression,
squeezing;
extirpation,
extermination;
ejection
etc.
297;
export
etc.
(egress)
295.
extractor,
corkscrew,
forceps,
pliers.
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Roget 293:
departure,
decession†,
decampment;
embarkation;
outset,
start;
removal;
exit
etc.
(egress)
295;
exodus,
hejira,
flight.
leave taking,
valediction,
adieu,
farewell,
goodbye,
auf wiedersehen [G.],
sayonara,
dosvidanya [Rus.],
ciao,
aloha,
hasta la vista [Sp.];
stirrup cup;
valedictorian.
starting point,
starting post;
point of departure,
point of embarkation,
place of departure,
place of embarkation;
port of embarkation;
airport,
take-off point,
taxiing runway,
runway,
launching pad,
spaceport.
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Roget 270:
transfer,
transference;
translocation,
elocation†;
displacement;
metastasis,
metathesis;
removal;
remotion†,
amotion†;
relegation;
deportation,
asportation†;
extradition,
conveyance,
draft,
carrying,
carriage;
convection,
conduction,
contagion;
transfer
etc.
(of property)
783.
transit,
transition;
passage,
ferry,
gestation;
portage,
porterage†,
carting,
cartage;
shoveling
etc.
v.;
vection†,
vecture†,
vectitation†;
shipment,
freight,
wafture†;
transmission,
transport,
transportation,
importation,
exportation,
transumption†,
transplantation,
translation;
shifting,
dodging;
dispersion
etc.
73;
transposition
etc.
(interchange)
148;
traction
etc.
285.
[Thing transferred]
drift.
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Roget 38:
subtraction,
subduction†;
deduction,
retrenchment;
removal,
withdrawal;
ablation,
sublation†;
abstraction
etc.
(taking)
789;
garbling,
etc.
v..
mutilation,
detruncation†;
amputation;
abscission,
excision,
recision;
curtailment
etc.
201;
minuend,
subtrahend;
decrease
etc.
36;
abrasion.
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Roget 185:
displacement,
elocation†,
transposition.
ejectment
etc.
297†;
exile
etc.
(banishment)
893;
removal
etc.
(transference)
270.
misplacement,
dislocation
etc.
61;
fish out of water.
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Dutch: eliminatie, verwijdering
Polish: pozbywanie się, likwidowanie, eliminowanie, usuwanie
2 removal
Moby thesaurus: Doppler effect, abandonment, ablation, abrasion, abstraction, alienation, amotion, amputation, anastomotic operation, assassination, avulsion, baring, bloodless operation, bloody murder, booting out, bumping-off, capital operation, cashiering, castaway, castoff, catharsis, cleaning out, cleansing, clearance, clearing, compensating operation, conge, corneal transplant, crescent operation, cutting out, decampment, deconsecration, deduction, deep six, defecation, defenestration, defrocking, deliverance, delocalization, denudation, departure, depletion, deportation, deposal, deposition, deprivation, deracination, desquamation, detachment, dethronement, detrusion, disarrangement, disarticulation, disassociation, disbarment, disbarring, discard, discarding, discharge, discharging cargo, disconnectedness, disconnection, discontinuity, discrownment, disemployment, disengagement, disentanglement, disenthronement, disjointing, disjunction, dislocation, dismissal, displacement, displacing, disposal, disposition, disunion, divestment, division, divorce, divorcement, drainage, draining, drawing, drawing out, dredging, drilling, drumming out, dumping, egress, ejection, ejectment, elective operation, elimination, emergency operation, emotional release, emptying, enucleation, eradication, erosion, escape, evacuation, evolvement, evulsion, excavation, excision, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exfoliation, exhausting, exhaustion, exhibitionism, exile, exit, exodus, expatriation, exploratory operation, exposure, expression, expulsion, exsection, extermination, extirpation, extraction, extrication, extrusion, fenestration operation, firing, flight, forced resignation, forced separation, forcible shift, foul play, freeing, furloughing, getaway, going, heart transplant, hegira, heterotopia, homicide, impeachment, incoherence, indecent exposure, intermission, interval operation, isolation, jettison, junking, kicking downstairs, kicking upstairs, kidney transplant, killing, laying bare, layoff, leaving, liquidation, luxation, major operation, manslaughter, massacre, mining, minor operation, move, movement, moving, murder, obtrusion, off-loading, operation, organ transplant, organ transplantation, ostracism, ouster, ousting, outlawing, outlawry, overthrow, overthrowal, palliative operation, parting, partition, passing, pensioning off, pink slip, pressing out, pulling, purgation, purge, purging, purification, quarrying, radical operation, red shift, refinement, refuse, reject, rejectamenta, rejection, release, relocation, remotion, removement, reprieve, resection, respite, retirement, retreat, riddance, ripping out, sacking, scrapping, section, segmentation, separation, separatism, severance, shift, shifting, slaughter, slaying, squeezing out, stripping, subdivision, subduction, sublation, subtraction, superannuation, surcease, surgical intervention, surgical operation, surgical technique, surplusing, suspension, taking away, the ax, the boot, the bounce, the gate, the knife, the sack, throwaway, throwing out, thuggee, thuggery, thuggism, ticket, transfer, transference, transferral, transplant, unchurching, uncovering, unfrocking, unhinging, unjointing, unloading, unrooting, unseating, uprooting, venting, voidance, voiding, walking papers, walkout, wasting, withdrawal, wresting out, zoning ... show more.
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