Noun

• S: (n) ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)

Verb

• S: (v) cut out (delete or remove) "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article"
• S: (v) cut out (form and create by cutting out) "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper"
• S: (v) cut off, cut out (cut off and stop) "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
• S: (v) scratch out, cut out (strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out) "scratch out my name on that list"
• S: (v) cut down, cut out (intercept (a player))
• domain category
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back (hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of) "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
• S: (v) defend (be on the defensive; act against an attack)
• S: (v) prevent, keep (stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state) "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"
• sentence frame
• S: (v) cut out (cease operating) "The pump suddenly cut out"