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excision, excommunication | 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 | ||
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extirpation, excision, deracination | the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | ||
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ablation, extirpation, excision, cutting out | surgical removal of a body part or tissue | ||
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cut, excision, deletion | the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage |