| Meaning | The act of removing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | removal | |
| Narrower | abscission, cutting off | The act of cutting something off |
| abstraction | The act of withdrawing or removing something | |
| autotomy | spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack | |
| decontamination | The removal of contaminants | |
| deletion | The act of deleting something written or printed | |
| denudation, stripping, uncovering, baring, husking | The removal of covering / covering | |
| dermabrasion | removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer | |
| disembowelment, evisceration | The act of removing the bowels or viscera | |
| dislodgment, dislodgement | forced removal from a position of advantage | |
| elimination, riddance | The act of removing or getting rid of something | |
| elimination | The act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations | |
| emptying, voidance, evacuation | The act of removing the contents of something | |
| extraction | The action of taking out something (especially using effort or force) | |
| rinse, rinsing | The removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing | |
| skimming | The act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid / liquid | |
| withdrawal | The act of taking out money or other capital | |
| withdrawal | The act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc. | |
| Broader | separation | The act of dividing or disconnecting |
| Spanish | eliminación, remoción | |
| Catalan | eliminació, extracció | |
| Verbs | remove | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
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