Noun

• S: (n) deletion, excision, cut (the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage) "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
• S: (n) excommunication, excision (the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society)
• S: (n) extirpation, excision, deracination (the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) extirpate [Related to: extirpation] (destroy completely, as if down to the roots) "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption"
• W: (v) extirpate [Related to: extirpation] (pull up by or as if by the roots) "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
• W: (v) deracinate [Related to: deracination] (pull up by or as if by the roots) "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"