Synonyms:
extirpation, excision, deracination
Meaning: the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
Synonyms:
excommunication, excision
Meaning: the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society
Synonyms:
ablation, extirpation, cutting_out, excision
Meaning: surgical removal of a body part or tissue
Synonyms:
deletion, excision, cut
Meaning: the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"