EGAVE

removal

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 22.97 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
  2. noun The relocation of a business etc.
  3. noun The dismissal of someone from office.
    The board decided the removal of the branch manager was the best option after his misbehaviour.
  4. noun 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.
  5. noun Murder.

Similar words

remotion expelling ablation expel remove elimination removing dispose ejection expulsion

Often followed by

of from and to is by or in was

Word family

removable removals remove removed removes removing

Save “removal” to learn later