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Synonyms of removal in English:

removal


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noun

1‘the removal of heavy artillery from towns and villages’

SYNONYMS
taking away, moving, carrying away, shifting, transfer, transporting
confiscation
ANTONYMS

installation

2‘opposition parties demanded his immediate removal from office’

SYNONYMS
dismissal, eviction, ejection, expulsion, throwing out, ousting, dislodgement, displacement, purging, unseating, deposition
dethronement, dethroning
North American ouster
informal sacking, firing, defenestration
ANTONYMS

appointment

3‘the removal of customs barriers within the EC’

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withdrawal, abolition, elimination, doing away with, taking away
ANTONYMS

introduction, bringing in

4‘the removal of errors’

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deletion, elimination, erasing, rubbing out, erasure, effacing, obliteration

5‘removal of weeds is important’

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uprooting, eradication, destruction

6‘regular removal of old branches from the base will encourage newer growth’

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cutting off, chopping off, hacking off, amputation, excision

7‘her removal to France’

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move, transfer, relocation
Scottish, Northern English flit, flitting

8‘the removal of a gang member by a rival’

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killing, murder, disposal, elimination, termination, assassination
informal liquidation