exscind

[ ek-sind ]

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verb (used with object)

to cut out or off.

Origin of exscind

1655–65; <Latin exscindere to destroy, tear away, equivalent to ex-ex-¹ + scindere to cut, tear; see scission

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How to use exscind in a sentence

Then, sir, you mean to exscind the South; for it is absurd to imagine that you suppose the South will submit to such action.
Slavery Ordained of God | Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.

British Dictionary definitions for exscind

exscind

/ (ɛkˈsɪnd) /

verb

(tr) to cut off or out; excise

Origin of exscind

C17: exscind, from Latin exscindere to extirpate, destroy, from scindere to cut, tear, split

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