Dictionary

removal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪˈmuː.vəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• audio Queensland
• /ɹɪˈmʉː.vəl/ (Australia)
• /ɹɪˈmu.vəl/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ɹəˈmuː.vəl/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin removeō Old French removoir Anglo-Norman removerbor. Middle English removen English remove Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English removal From remove + -al.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
   • The removal of unsightly graffiti on the sides of railway bridges spanning major roads in the North West is to be handed over to National Highways, to speed up the job. 2021 October 20, “Network News: NR and NH tackle graffiti vandalism”, in RAIL, number 942, page 9:
   • Mr. Homan has been the agency’s executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations, the division that carries out the removals. 2017 January 31, Ron Nixon, “Trump Names Thomas Homan as Acting Immigration Enforcement Chief”, in The New York Times:
   • At the same time, there have been significant grubbings of these pears, especially in Tasmania where removals have been assisted by the Fruit Growing Reconstruction Scheme. 1976, Occasional Paper:
2. (countable, uncountable) The relocation of a business etc.
3. (countable, uncountable) The dismissal of someone from office.
   • The board decided the removal of the branch manager was the best option after his misbehaviour.
4. (Ireland, countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, euphemistic, slang, uncountable) Murder.

Forms

Antonyms

addition

Deriveds

boyremoval · buccal fat removal · mountaintop removal · removal van · removalist · antiremoval · card removal · bioremoval

Synonyms

move (moving to another place) · subduction · subtraction · removal · deinstallation · ablation · sublation · relocation (moving to another place) · deduction

Translations (78)

kix thǖkhúa (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · mh bōk (the relocation of a business etc) · hu megszüntetés (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · es extirpación (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · hu eltörlés (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · es removimiento (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · ja 葬儀 (a funeral ceremony) · de Entlassung (the dismissal of someone from office) · id penghapusan (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · pl usunięcie (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · fr enlèvement (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · fr élimination (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · enm translatynge (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · pl zwolnienie (the dismissal of someone from office) · fi erottaminen (the dismissal of someone from office) · it eliminazione (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · fi poistaminen (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · hu elbocsátás (the dismissal of someone from office) · ja 告別式 (a funeral ceremony) · hu kiszedés (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · ja 除去 (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · es extracción (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · hu költöztetés (the relocation of a business etc) · it estirpazione (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · es trasteo (the relocation of a business etc) · ja 異動 (the dismissal of someone from office) · hi निष्कासन (the dismissal of someone from office) · la demptio (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · de Umzug (the relocation of a business etc) · es eliminación (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · pt remoção (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · ru увольнение (the dismissal of someone from office) · ru удаление (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · hy հեռացում (the dismissal of someone from office) · hy հեռացում (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · mh kallib (a funeral ceremony) · grc μετάστασις (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · hi बहिष्कार (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · fr destitution (the dismissal of someone from office) · mh bōk (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · fr déménagement (the relocation of a business etc) · ja 更迭 (the dismissal of someone from office) · ja 葬式 (a funeral ceremony) · es remoción (the dismissal of someone from office) · es remoción (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · bg отстраняване (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · fr prélèvement (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · es traslado (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · txb rutkalyñe (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · la remotio (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · fi muutto (the relocation of a business etc) · es mudanza (the relocation of a business etc) · ja 排除 (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · es supresión (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · hu költözködés (the relocation of a business etc) · bg преместване (the relocation of a business etc) · hu költözés (the relocation of a business etc) · bg погребение (a funeral ceremony) · pt eliminação (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · eo forigo (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · it asportazione (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · fi muuttaminen (the relocation of a business etc) · cs odstranění (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · hu leszedés (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · es quitamiento (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · hu elmozdítás (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · enm translacioun (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · gl mudanza (the relocation of a business etc) · es destitución (the dismissal of someone from office) · nl verwijdering (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · la ablatio (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · bg уволнение (the dismissal of someone from office) · hu eltávolítás (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · fi poisto (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · es quitación (the process of moving, or the fact of being removed) · ja 追悼式 (a funeral ceremony) · es cesantía (the dismissal of someone from office) · ja 左遷 (the dismissal of someone from office)