Synonyms: deracination, excision, extirpation
Definition: the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
Definition: the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
Usage: the pull up the hill had him breathing harder; his strenuous pulling strained his back
Synonyms: excision, excommunication
Definition: 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
Similar words: banishment, proscription
Definition: rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
Synonyms: excision, extirpation, ablation, cutting out
Definition: surgical removal of a body part or tissue
Similar words: surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, operation
Definition: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Usage: they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available; he died while undergoing surgery
Synonyms: cut, deletion, excision
Definition: the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
Usage: an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors; both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
Similar words: editing, redaction
Definition: putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form