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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The measure would have barred Switzerland from joining punitive measures against other countries unless they were imposed by the United Nations.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
Shortly after midnight on Thursday, Kelly imposed a fourteen-day suspension of the ban.

— Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of imposed

Verb

Abascal was removed from the building on a stretcher and placed in an ambulance before she was driven away from the neighborhood.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
Since production has never been transparent about exactly what went down during her surgery, Kari has only her blurry memory combined with the accounts of cameramen who were in the operating room documenting it — until they were removed.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of removed

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One of the main limitations is that exposure was assessed using a single urine sample.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
The Ancil Hoffman Golf Course and Effie Yeaw Nature Center were initially closed while crews assessed the damage and checked for live electrical wires that could pose a safety hazard.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of assessed

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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
Trump has extracted multi-million settlements from ABC and CBS after suing them over their reporting.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of extracted

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Moving to Florida can affect how real estate is held, how investment income is taxed, insurance coverage, estate planning considerations and even the way business interests are structured.

— Rob Edwards, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Contributions to 401k plans are not taxed until money is pulled out of the account, the IRS said.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of taxed

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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
Heikes advanced when the fourth-place finisher, Democrat David Leslie, withdrew.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of withdrew

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Poll voters penalized the Hoosiers last week, dropping them one spot following a 38-0 rout of Western Kentucky.

— Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
Even in cases where regulators found that companies endangered workers or committed multiple violations, few were penalized for all their citations.

— Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of penalized

Verb

The catch is that the number of neutrons in the universe plummeted during the game, like chairs being yanked out of line.

— Cara Giovanetti, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
However, multiple lab-wide reorganizations after NASA yanked its flagship Mars project increased the overhead for other projects like GRACE-Continuity.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of yanked

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