excision
17 points
English
8 letters
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Definitions
noun
the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Pronunciation
/ɪksˈɪʒʌn/ · 3 syllables · CMUdict (BSD-3-Clause)
Word forms
plural excisions
Forms from WordNet 3.1 morphology — every form attested in the dictionary.
Synonyms
the act of pulling up or out
the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileg
surgical removal of a body part or tissue
Synonyms grouped by meaning — WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
Rhymes
decisionvisiondivisioncollisionprecisionsupervisionincisionparisianprovisionrevisioncircumcisionenvisionindecisionderisionmisprisionrecision
More rhymes → · rhymes from CMUdict (BSD-3-Clause)
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