excised

American  

[ik-sahyzd, ek-sahyzd] / ɪkˈsaɪzd, ˈɛkˌsaɪzd /

adjective

1. having been cut out, expunged, or cut away.

   The margins of the excised tissue were cancer-free.

   We are reprinting the original table with the excised information restored.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of excise.

Etymology

Origin of excised

excise ² ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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excised

When you start googling about the emoluments clause, the first thing that keeps coming up is “What ever happened to the emoluments clause,” as though it was excised from the Constitution.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

This is a film McElwee feels compelled to make, as if it were something living inside of him that had to be excised by any means necessary.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

The studio version, too, has been excised from the set’s remix of “Some Time in New York City.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

Some of the writers of the articles either excised the phrase “minimizing its ideological threat” or seemed to pretend it didn’t exist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025

Weismann had surgically excised the tails of five generations of mice, then bred the mice to determine if the offspring would be born tailless.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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