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EXCISE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for EXCISE?

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Need another word that means the same as “excise”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “excise” in this overview.

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Excise as a Noun
Definitions of "Excise" as a noun
Synonyms of "Excise" as a noun (7 Words)
Usage Examples of "Excise" as a noun
Excise as a Verb
Definitions of "Excise" as a verb
Synonyms of "Excise" as a verb (3 Words)
Usage Examples of "Excise" as a verb
Associations of "Excise" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Excise” are: excise tax, duty, tax, levy, tariff, toll, tithe, expunge, scratch, strike

Excise as a Noun

Definitions of "Excise" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “excise” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licences granted for certain activities.
A tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate.

Synonyms of "Excise" as a noun (7 Words)

duty	A payment levied on the transfer of property, for licences, and for the legal recognition of documents. A duty* nurse.*
excise tax	A tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate.
levy	A tax raised by levying. The trade union political levy.
tariff	A list of import or export tariffs. The reduction of trade barriers and import tariffs.
tax	Charge against a citizen’s person or property or activity for the support of government. A tax* bill.*
tithe	A tenth of a specified thing. He hadn t said a tithe* of the prayers he knew.*
toll	The adverse effect of something. She heard the distant toll* of church bells.*

Usage Examples of "Excise" as a noun

The rate of excise duty on spirits.

Excise as a Verb

Definitions of "Excise" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “excise” as a verb can have the following definitions:

Remove by cutting.
Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.
Levy an excise tax on.
Charge excise on (goods).

Synonyms of "Excise" as a verb (3 Words)

expunge	Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line. The kind of man that could expunge* an unsatisfactory incident from his memory.*
scratch	Play a record using the scratch technique. The lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree.
strike	Undertake strike action against an employer. If they do strike* oil there will be another test well in a year s time.*

Usage Examples of "Excise" as a verb

The surgeon excised the tumor.

Associations of "Excise" (30 Words)

abolitionism	The doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery.
bowdlerize	Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate. Bowdlerize a novel.
cutout	A photograph from which the background has been cut away.
delete	Remove or make invisible. Their EMI release has already been deleted.
discharge	Go off or discharge. Discharge liquids.
efface	Cause (a memory or emotion) to disappear completely. With time the words are effaced by the rain.
eject	Leave an aircraft rapidly using an ejection seat or capsule. He was ejected from office in July.
elimination	The exclusion of someone or something from consideration or further participation. The treatment promotes the elimination* of toxins.*
eradicate	Kill in large numbers. This disease has been eradicated from the world.
erase	Remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or medium); delete (data) from a computer’s memory. Who erased the files from my hard disk.
evict	Expel or eject without recourse to legal process. A single mother and her children have been evicted from their home.
exclude	Remove from consideration. The public were excluded from the board meeting.
exclusion	The state of being excommunicated. He had a hand in my exclusion* from the committee.*
expel	Eliminate (a substance. She expelled a shuddering breath.
expulsion	The action of forcing someone to leave an organization. The child s expulsion* from school.*
expunge	Obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant. The kind of man that could expunge* an unsatisfactory incident from his memory.*
expurgate	Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate. Editors heavily expurgated the novel before its initial publication.
get	Take vengeance on or get even. She didn t get* the joke.*
irreducible	Incapable of being made smaller or simpler. Literature is often irreducible* to normative ideas.*
liquidate	Kill (someone), typically by violent means. A plan to liquidate* 1 billion worth of property over seven years.*
liquidation	The clearing of a debt. The company went into liquidation.
obliterate	Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing. The memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind.
oust	Remove from a position or office. The reformists were ousted from power.
reductive	Characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment – R.H.Rovere. The reductive* elimination of acetyl iodide.*
remove	Remove something concrete as by lifting pushing or taking off or remove something abstract. At this remove* the whole incident seems insane.*
riddance	The act of forcing out someone or something. The new movement emphasized discipline not riddance* or punishment as a method of solving the criminal problem.*
rout	Defeat and cause to retreat in disorder. A rout* of strangers ought not to be admitted.*
rub	An act of rubbing. He rubbed at the earth on his jeans.
scratch	An act or spell of scratching oneself to relieve itching. My sweater scratches.
shorten	Become short or shorter. Shorten the skirt.