CEFR C1

excise

verb

Meaning

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.

Synonyms: cut, remove, extract, delete, extirpate

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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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