removal
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3.4
- noun
- /rɪˈmuːvəl/
- Formal
:
destitución
- The committee voted unanimously for his removal from the board due to misconduct.
- appointment and removal
- the removal of the president
Nothing would stop him except removal from office.
- Nothing would stop him except removal from office.
- The enemy of the American people is in the White House, and his removal can no longer wait.
- One of them is his, you know, essentially removal from politics because Caesar won the Civil War.
- And we shall first reach for your removal from the White House at the earliest possible moment.
Examples
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Therefore, I recommend as a therapeutic measure the removal of her second ovary.
Fiction book (1991) -
Nothing would stop him except removal from office.
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The enemy of the American people is in the White House, and his removal can no longer wait.
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This trauma can only be resolved by the removal of its source.
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We were calling for Frank's removal for for a couple years.
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Yet the president's removal from office failed to brighten the national mood much.
Academic text (2011) -
Your removal is final.
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The children engaging in problem behavior lose additional instructional time due to their removal from the classroom.
Academic text (2011) -
I've been asked as acting principal to inform you that a petition's been issued... requesting a referendum on your removal as basketball coach.
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Well... it's said that before his removal from power in 1499, Sforza's ties to the Ottoman ruler Selim allowed him to have his treasure moved and hidden in the Ottoman Empire.
Synonyms
281
4.1
Removing people or things from a place
77
5.2
The official release from a job, duty, or service
77
3.5
The act of removing something you do not need
49
3.3
To remove someone from their job against their will
40
4.2
The act of ending someone's job
19
7.4
Removing someone from a place like a home by force or law
15
7.8
A sudden removal of people from an organization for political reasons
13
3.7
The act of removing someone from their job
1
8.4
Removing someone from a position of power
1
7.0
To remove someone from a job or role, often by force
1
4.4
Losing a job because you are fired
1
8.2
The act of removing a ruler or leader from power
Removing someone from a position of power
The official act of removing someone from a job or position
Removing someone from a list of candidates or positions
Antonyms
Compounds
1
3.0
A business that moves furniture and boxes for people or businesses to a new place
- Offensive
Taking out a person's fingernails or toenails to hurt them during torture
- UK
A company that moves furniture and boxes for people and businesses to a new place
How Final
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Removal comes from the parts re- meaning 'back' or 'away' and move meaning 'to change place', the same root as the everyday word move. So a removal from office is literally 'moving someone away' from their position.