excise (C1)
verb
Pronunciation: /ɛkˈsaɪz/
Definition
Cut or remove something surgically or by taking a piece out of a larger whole.
Examples
The specialist had to excise the damaged tissue during the minor procedure.
Editors often excise unnecessary adjectives to make a piece of writing more concise.
The program allows you to excise specific segments of the video file before saving it.
How to Use excise
- excise from (prepositional phrase)
- To remove something from a larger body or text. — "The editor decided to excise the controversial paragraph from the final manuscript."
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