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excise1
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See Spanish definition of extirpar
noun
1‘measures to generate further revenue included higher excise’
SYNONYMS
duty, tax, levy, tariff, toll, tithe
customs, customs duties
rare mulct
excise2
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verb
1‘the tumours were excised immediately’
SYNONYMS
cut out, cut off, cut away, snip out, take out, extract, remove, eradicate, extirpate
technical resect
ANTONYMS
replace, insert
2‘all unnecessary detail should be excised’
SYNONYMS
delete, cross out, cross through, strike out, score out, scratch out, cancel, put a line through, blue-pencil, ink out, edit out, blank out
erase, efface, take out, remove, cut out, cut, expunge, eliminate
expurgate, bowdlerize
informal axe, scrub, scrap, give something the chop
informal Computing kill
Printing dele
ANTONYMS
add
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