withdrawal
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5.0
- noun
- /wɪðˈdrɔːəl/
- Formal
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retirada
- The athlete's sudden withdrawal from the tournament surprised everyone.
- announce withdrawal
- voluntary withdrawal
- withdrawal from sport
You know, the Afghanistan withdrawal was obviously a complete disaster.
- You know, the Afghanistan withdrawal was obviously a complete disaster.
- Chang's real goal is a withdrawal to Taiwan Formosa.
- And this latest withdrawal in Afghanistan is a is a good dovetail.
- But French politicians said that the glory of France forbade withdrawal from Verdun.
- And we are seeing a lot of that right now, the Afghanistan withdrawal notwithstanding, in the Biden administration.
- I fear that these changes will not last much beyond the US troops withdrawal.
- With the military, it's more like ineptitude when we look at the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
- We lost zero Americans during our withdrawal.
- He found out two days later that the German peace plan for withdrawal from Belgium wasn't what it sounded like.
- So when Afghan withdrawal happened, unquestionably I cannot sit back and let my friend Aziz.
- Well, you know, whenever I hear something like the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, it's just like, oh, right wing talking point.
- He brought up his administration's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan unprompted and repeatedly mixed up billion with million.
- This is what Biden's chaotic withdrawal has wrought.
Examples
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And if Iraq faced chaos otherwise, a threat of withdrawal would certainly be worth trying.
Academic text (2008) -
Ladies and gentlemen, my colleague and I will be making a withdrawal.
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We're on our way back for the night and we're leading the withdrawal from the company.
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Indeed, most of them saw this withdrawal as an essential part of their ideology.
Academic text (1993) -
You know, the Afghanistan withdrawal was obviously a complete disaster.
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Let's move into the withdrawal, the withdrawal of US and NATO troops.
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Finally, in August 1940, the British had announced their withdrawal from Shanghai and northern China.
Fiction book (1999) -
Suspensions also contributed to some families' withdrawal from participation in their schools.
Academic text (2013) -
One of the most recent examples of union struggle against corporate withdrawal policies is Mobil Corporation.
Academic text (1990) -
The effect of liberalization has been the government's withdrawal of arbitrary political interference from the market.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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6.9
An end to a connection between people or groups
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8.3
Leaving a country or part of a country to form a separate government
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5.8
Moving people or soldiers out of a place, often quickly, for example troops leaving a war area
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3.8
The act of ending a person's job, for example by firing
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6.1
The act of separating something from the thing it is connected to
1
6.5
The act of stopping a connection or ending involvement with something
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8.0
Ending membership or connection with a group
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7.2
Leaving or being removed from an organization such as a school
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7.8
The act of separating something from a group or connection
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
7
4.8
A physical and mental problem that happens after stopping use of an addictive drug
- Formal
The official removal of a medicine from sale by authorities or makers because it is unsafe
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Withdrawal comes from the verb withdraw, made of with- 'back' and draw 'pull', so it means 'pulling back' or 'pulling out'. That's why a country's or group's withdrawal means it is pulling out of an organization or agreement.