DISPOSAL Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

disposal

noun

di-ˈspō-zəl

Definition of disposal

as in removal

the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless trash disposal is on Wednesday in our neighborhood

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as in sequence

the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another the disposal of troops along the ridge

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Recent Examples of disposal Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry laws and regulations, as well as Philadelphia’s Board of Education, also require accurate inventory records and periodic updates of asset locations, additions, transfers and disposals. — Kathryn Blackman, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026 The person said Congress was considering all tools at its disposal, including sanctions. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 The eurozone is the world’s third-largest economy and its second-largest source of demand, so Europe has economic power at its disposal. — Michael Pettis, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026 If Europe gathers substantially more unwanted clothing without creating that accompanying infrastructure, greater volumes could instead flow into reuse exports, downcycling, incineration or disposal. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disposal

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Noun

Recent construction in Folsom has also contributed to the rise, said Molieri, who founded Snakeout, a removal service.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
If the Interior Department determines the animals have met recovery goals, the administration will also work with states to encourage them to remove state-level protections and revise standards governing lethal wolf removal.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of removal

Noun

This sequence should also be followed at the pitch-side monitor, but sometimes the VAR cuts straight to slow motion replays in the interests of speed.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The incident closely paralleled the sequence of events that in July resulted in another group of OpenAI’s agents launching cyberattacks against the company Hugging Face.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of sequence

Noun

Together, the grants paid for 34 refrigeration devices, six food distribution vehicles, a dozen pallet jacks or forklifts, plus shelving and storage materials and hand trucks.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Compared to a typical 200,000-square foot warehouse or distribution center with 80 dock doors and two turns per day, a data center, once built, has a fraction of the truck traffic.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of distribution

Noun

The case was thrown out Wednesday after a judge ruled his prior felony conviction had been modified to a juvenile disposition under a landmark California criminal justice reform law.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Hayes entered Alford pleas and received a deferred disposition with two years of supervised probation.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of disposition

Noun

Aston Villa’s record front-of-shirt deal with Visit Rwanda is worth up to £20m a year, a similar level to Newcastle United’s new arrangement with Knox.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
While the funeral arrangements were formally made by Mladic's family, the Serbian government also sent a plane last week to bring his remains to Belgrade, and soldiers carried his coffin wrapped in the national flag.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of arrangement

Noun

Moor explains how this form of thought emphasizes branching, growth, and pruning, as opposed to hierarchical ordering, and shows how these principles can be identified in the work of writers like Tolstoy and Wordsworth.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Then came the how-to guides, in posts filled with menu combinations and step-by-step explainers on how to navigate Chipotle’s build-your-own ordering system.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

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