excise (n.)
excise (v.)
- amputate
- annihilate
- avulse
- ax
- ban
- bar
- bisect
- bob
- butcher
- carve
- chop
- cleave
- clip
- crop
- cull
- cut
- delete
- deracinate
- dichotomize
- disentangle
- dissever
- dock
- draw
- dredge
- elide
- eliminate
- enucleate
- eradicate
- evolve
- excavate
- except
- exclude
- expurgate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- extract
- extricate
- fissure
- gash
- hack
- halve
- hew
- incise
- isolate
- lance
- lop
- mine
- mutilate
- nip
- pare
- peel
- poll
- prune
- pull
- quarry
- remove
- rend
- rive
- saw
- scissor
- sever
- shave
- shear
- slash
- slice
- slit
- snip
- split
- strip
- sunder
- tariff
- tear
- truncate
- unearth
- unravel
- uproot
- whittle
- withdraw
No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.
