noun
the act of removing
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he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy
• Syn: ↑removal
• Hypernyms: ↑separation
• Hyponyms:
↑abscission, ↑cutting off, ↑abstraction, ↑extraction, ↑autotomy, ↑decontamination, ↑deletion, ↑denudation, ↑stripping, ↑uncovering, ↑baring, ↑husking, ↑dermabrasion, ↑dislodgment, ↑dislodgement, ↑elimination, ↑riddance, ↑emptying, ↑voidance, ↑evacuation, ↑rinse, ↑rinsing, ↑disembowelment, ↑evisceration, ↑skimming, ↑withdrawal
Useful english dictionary. 2012.