Synonyms:
removal, remotion
Meaning: the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"
Usage examples
Before this removal, he remembers two distinctly sexual experiences.
He had done his work at this session in effecting the removal of the capital.
This child sleeps in the same apartment with its master and mistress, which adds to the difficulty of removal.
He turned and walked away, out of the Audience Hall, leaving von Schlichten and Blount to watch the removal of the geek-heads.
I counted one day no less than 350 mice which a cat had killed single-handed at the removal of a rick of oats in a farmer's yard.
We sleep, and yet we experience the removal of a wish; we gratify the wish, but at the same time continue to sleep. Both are partly carried out and partly given up.
"The removal of the body and the loss of some of our money plainly show that the man whom we killed had an accomplice; and for our own lives' sake we must try and find him.
1900--A fifth removal; the whole structure solidly rebuilt, containing the martyred President, his wife, and their three children, as well as the grandson bearing Abraham's name.
But really," added Miss Randolph, wrinkling her pretty brows, "I hardly knew what I was doing, save that in some vague way I fancied the removal of the handkerchief might help Bernard. Is that clear?"
All proper facilities will be afforded for the removal of yourself and command, together with company arms and property, and all private property, to any post in the United States which you may elect.