excises
Surgically takes away
Excises has two distinct sources.
From one: excise taxes are levies on goods produced and sold within a country—excises on tobacco and alcohol.
The verb excises means to impose such taxes.
From the other: to excise is to cut out or remove surgically or editorially—The surgeon excised the tumor, The editor excised three paragraphs.
Context usually clarifies which meaning applies.
Takes something out
- cuts outStops working suddenly
- deletesRemoves stored information
- expungesOfficially removes or erases
- eradicatesDestroys utterly and completely
abolishes · strikes out · omits · purges · redacts · censors · trims · prunes
Required moral task
- tariffTax on traded goods
- levyCompulsory government charge
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- VATIncremental consumption tax
GST · sin tax · indirect tax · luxury tax · tobacco tax · alcohol tax · fuel tax · revenue
Precise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- lumpectomyExcision of abnormal growth
dissection · tumor · lesion · mastectomy · amputation · surgeon · suture · anesthesia
removes
Takes something out
eradicates · abolishes · strikes out · omits · purges · redacts · censors · trims · prunes · eliminates
duty
Required moral task
- tariffTax on traded goods
- levyCompulsory government charge
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
VAT · GST · sin tax · indirect tax · luxury tax · tobacco tax · alcohol tax · fuel tax · revenue · assessment
scalpel
Precise surgical knife
lumpectomy · dissection · tumor · lesion · mastectomy · amputation · surgeon · suture · anesthesia · cauterization
- leaving outomits, skips, excludes, bypasses, passes over
excisesinserts
Items placed within others
adds · includes · incorporates · implants · introduces
- tumor excisionSurgical removal of abnormal growth
- excise taxTax on manufactured goods
- excise taxesLevies on specific commodities