EXCISED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

excised

verb

past tense of excise

as in imposed

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as in removed

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Tokayev, who has sought to maintain a delicate balance between Moscow and the West since sanctions were imposed on Russia over the war in Ukraine, has justified the changes by citing the need for rapid decision-making in a fast-changing world.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Zelensky’s five-year term was originally expected to end in 2024, but elections in Ukraine have been postponed under martial law imposed following Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

— Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of imposed

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The locomotive’s engine cylinders have been removed, and its crankcase was bare.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The vaccine, in combination with Keytruda , met key goals in patients with higher-risk or advanced melanoma whose detectable cancer had been completely removed through surgery.

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of removed

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While no group has claimed responsibility, Marisks assessed that Houthi involvement was the leading conclusion.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Individuals who are in prison custody in Massachusetts are assessed for both immediate and ongoing health care needs, according to the state's Department of Correction.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

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Hoffman was born in Brooklyn, one of 10 children in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, and raised in Montreal after her Canadian mother extracted the family.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
Like gallium, germanium is generally recovered as a by-product rather than extracted from dedicated mines.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of extracted

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That tariff rate was later reduced to 15% when the two sides agreed on a trade deal, but uncertainty remains about the stability of that agreement and how imports of certain European goods, such as steel, will be taxed by Washington.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Proposition 41 would require the state auditor to review any special tax proposal before it is presented to voters, while Proposition 42 would ban new taxes based on mere ownership of assets like property, which are usually only taxed when sold.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of taxed

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Seattle was flagged 14 times for 129 yards, while Tennessee was penalized 11 for 100 yards.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
The implication, presumably, was that Carrington, who is Black, was more heavily penalized because of the perception that Cunningham, and by extension her image and outspokenness, needs to be protected.

— Jemele Hill, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of penalized

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In Berkeley, where California clay culture yanked ceramics out of the category of polite craft and into something huge, physical, ugly, and beautiful, Heilmann learned to weld.

— Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
Lucas Erceg was picked to close but was yanked for Steven Cruz after loading the bases with no outs in 14 pitches.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026

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