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Cutting something out completely, like it never had a say in staying.
means The act of cutting something out entirely — removing a part so completely that nothing of it remains in place.
from From Latin excisio, built from ex- ('out') plus caedere ('to cut' or 'to strike down') — the same cutting root that gives us 'scissors,' 'incision,' and 'decide' (literally 'to cut off' a question). The word has always carried a surgical coldness: something is sliced away, clean and final, with no room for it to grow back.
- origin
- latin excidere, to cut out
- surgery use
- removal of tissue, tumor, or organ
- editing use
- deleting a scene, clause, or chapter
- not the same
- incision cuts in, excision cuts out