#removal__remotion  the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"
  supertype:  #separation  the act of dividing or disconnecting
  subtype:  #abscission.remotion__cutting_off__cuttingoff  the act of cutting something off
     subtype:  #circumcision  surgical removal of the foreskin of males
  subtype:  #abstraction.remotion  the act of withdrawing or removing something
  subtype:  #extraction  the act of pulling out (as a tooth); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"
  subtype:  #autotomy  spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw or a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack
  subtype:  #decontamination  the removal of contaminants
  subtype:  #deletion  the act of deleting something written or printed
     subtype:  #bowdlerization__bowdlerisation__expurgation  the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent
     subtype:  #censoring__censorship  deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
        subtype:  #Bowdlerism  censorship in the form of prudish expurgation
        subtype:  #Comstockery  censorship because of perceived obscenity or immorality
     subtype:  #expunction__expunging__erasure  deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
  subtype:  #denudation__stripping__uncovering__baring__husking  the removal of covering
     subtype:  #disforestation__deforestation  the removal of trees
     subtype:  #cornhusking  the act of removing the husks from ears of corn
  subtype:  #dermabrasion  removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or wire-brushing off some of the outer skin layer
  subtype:  #dislodgment__dislodgement  forced removal from a position of advantage
  subtype:  #riddance__elimination  the act of removing or getting rid of something
     subtype:  #simplification  elimination of superfluous details
        subtype:  #oversimplification  excessive simplification (to the point of misrepresentation)
        subtype:  #rationalization__rationalisation  (math) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation
  subtype:  #elimination  the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
  subtype:  #emptying__voidance__evacuation  the act of removing the contents of something
     subtype:  #drainage__drain  emptying accomplished by draining
  subtype:  #rinsing__rinse  the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
  subtype:  #disembowelment__evisceration  the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
  subtype:  #skimming  the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
  subtype:  #withdrawal.remotion  the act of taking out money or other capital
     subtype:  #bank_withdrawal  the withdrawal of money from your account at a bank
        subtype:  #bank_run  the concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because the think it will fail
     subtype:  #disinvestment  the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation

2 statements are about direct instances of #removal: lis#graph1_on_type, lis#graph2_on_description
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