Excision

[ɪk'sɪʒ(ə)n;ek-] or [ɪk'sɪʒən]

Definition

(n.) The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.

(n.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.

(n.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.

Typist: Rebecca

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Extirpation, eradication, destruction, extermination.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See ERADICATION]

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