EXCISE Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of excise

as in tariff

an amount of money that a government requires people to pay according to the value of certain possessions that are made, sold, or used within a country The state seems to impose an excise on any number of goods.

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verb

as in to tax

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as in to remove

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Recent Examples of excise

Noun

Lazio’s deal with Polymarket, which is unlicensed by Italy’s customs, excises and monopolies agency, is compliant under the same criteria. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 July 2026 If passed, Initiative 175 would direct the spending of our fuel excise taxes and sales taxes on motor vehicles on roads to be exclusively on transportation and the State Patrol. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 19 May 2026

Verb

To find out more, the researchers humanely excised additional fragments from the feet, main body and tentacles of the marine animals and ran a number of lab experiments in untreated seawater. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 28 May 2026 Following a high-profile dispute with Anthropic over a Pentagon contract—in which the government rejected limits on how the AI platform could be used—Anthropic has been mostly excised from government use and deemed a supply chain risk. — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for excise

Recent Examples of Synonyms for excise

Noun

Trump has slapped a 50% tariff on Canadian goods and plans to ban the country's dairy, alcohol and auto imports later this month, drawing retaliation from Ottawa.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
The president has been publicly furious with the Supreme Court over its decisions against restricting birthright citizenship and his ability to issue tariffs unilaterally.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of tariff

Verb

While the complexities around working within a park that his ancestors had been removed from remain, Mgesi now supports much of his extended family with the steady wage.

— Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Some of the building’s 22 existing murals could be removed as part of the changes, potentially including one depicting Don Quixote.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of remove

Verb

China pushed back promptly on the passage of the Sanctioning Russia Act, though Trump has not yet signed the legislation or announced an intention to make good on the authority to levy new duties.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
The tax levied by this act is still considered one of the indirect economic reasons for the American Revolution.

— Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

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Verb

After a years-long effort to extract just a fraction of DNA, the Bible hairs turned out not to be Jefferson’s.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Three of the four are co-ferments, which means the beans are put in anaerobic tanks, where oxygen is extracted and fruit is added.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of extract

Verb

Russia is believed to be using a fleet of hundreds of ships to evade international sanctions imposed after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
The legislation allows for the president to impose tariffs, but limits the scope of those tariffs to the five largest importers of Russian crude oil or gas and the top five countries that aid Russia's energy sanctions evasion.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of impose

Verb

The proposal was withdrawn following heavy backlash by Democrats and civil liberties groups, with eventual bipartisan support to delete the clause from a broader bill.

— Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
Sheeran’s remaining supporting acts—the band Lukas Graham and the singer-songwriters Aaron Rowe and Finneas—and his backing band, the Irish folk troupe Beoga, all withdrew in solidarity.

— Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of withdraw

Verb

The effort to penalize top Russian figures and the biggest buyers of Russian oil over the war in Ukraine gained fresh momentum after Graham's sudden death in July.

— Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
But legislators included a provision in the state budget in July that threatened to penalize any jurisdiction that voted against the project.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026

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