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How to spell removal

Removal is spelled R-E-M-O-V-A-L.

What it means: The act of taking something away.

In a sentence: The removal of the old tree made more room for the new playground. ▶

The part people get wrong

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Same family: removing, removed, remover, removalist, elimination. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Removal” comes from the verb “remove,” which came into English from Old French and ultimately from Latin roots meaning ‘to move back or away.’ The suffix “-al” turns the verb into a noun, giving us the meaning ‘the act of removing.’

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