removal

noun

ri-ˈmü-vəl How to pronounce removal (audio)
Definition of removalnext
as in disposal
the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless a product for the removal of warts

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Recent Examples of removal The Interior Department did not respond to The Associated Press’ questions about the current status of sign and exhibit removal or the ongoing lawsuit filed by the nonprofit coalition in February against the federal government. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 Our initial reporting in July did not specify the details of the pipe removal. — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Homeland tree removal Tree-cutting at a course with about 3,800 trees has become a highly divisive topic in the litigation. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2026 The 432,000 removals in fiscal year 2013 under Obama remain the highest on record, the report said. — Ted Hesson, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for removal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for removal
  1. disposal
  2. dumping
Noun
  • Replacing a sofa means delivery windows, disposal of the old piece and the risk that the new one won’t fit the room or the household’s lifestyle.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Other existing Idaho laws on miscarriage management are limited, mostly focused on the disposal of a fetus’s remains and on vital statistics certificates.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of disposal
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  • Douthat himself describes this project as speculative historical fiction, and the data-dumping, supplemental world-building documents are certainly dense with history and archangels.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The problem became serious enough that Southern states began restricting cottonseed dumping in the mid-1800s.
    — Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of dumping

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“Removal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/removal. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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