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operation

[op-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌɒp əˈreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
surgical procedure
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"Finally our 'clean up internet operation' is working," one user said in a comment that was liked by more than 2,000 times on Weibo.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2023

Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘By the time Ralph was born, Aaron was recovering from his second brain operation’ Photograph: Nora McInerny Purmort The couple asked doctors never to tell them how long was left.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2016

Curtius has especially remarked the difficulties which beset the ‘etymological operation’ in the case of proper names. 

From Custom and Myth by Lang, Andrew




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