surgery

/ˈsɜːdʒəri/ noun

Definition

TREATMENT [U] › when a doctor cuts your body open and repairs or removes something: to have surgery heart/knee surgery

PLACE [C] UK › a place where doctors or other medical workers treat people → See also plastic surgery

(Definition of surgery noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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