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A carrying or taking away; removal.

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  1. n. A carrying or taking away; removal.
  2. n. Extirpation.
  3. n. Wearing away; superficial waste.
  4. n. surgical removal of a body part or tissue
  5. n. the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
  6. 1. A carrying or taking away; removal. Jer. Taylor. 2. (Med.) Extirpation. Dunglison. 3. (Geol.) Wearing away; superficial waste. Tyndall.
  7. Extirpation. Dunglison.
  8. n:100 n. surgical removal of a body part or tissue n. the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers