Synonyms

excised

American

[ik-sahyzd, ek-sahyzd] / ɪkˈsaɪzd, ˈɛkˌsaɪzd /

adjective

having been cut out, expunged, or cut away.

The margins of the excised tissue were cancer-free.
We are reprinting the original table with the excised information restored.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of excise.

Etymology

Origin of excised

excise ² ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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To confirm the source of the high frequency sound, researchers conducted excised larynx experiments.

From Science Daily

As for why some material was excised, the reasons vary.

From Salon

This will be a tale of crime and punishment told in flashback, rewinding to Becket’s mother, an heiress excised from an eleven-figure fortune for giving birth as an unwed teenager.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms. McCracken has now collected the 280 excised notes and compiled them into a sometimes useful, always charming book roughly equal in length to the original novel.

From The Wall Street Journal

The studio version, too, has been excised from the set’s remix of “Some Time in New York City.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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