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(noun) deracination, extirpation
the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
(noun) 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
(noun) extirpation, ablation, cutting out
surgical removal of a body part or tissue
the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors; both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause