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from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany and zoology, notched or retuse.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
excise .
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Examples
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The conversation turned to the rumors that have been floating around with more and more frequency that this monument to a lost architectural masterpiece might be torn down again -- excised from the museum.
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They're the cancer which needs to be excised from the Republican Party.
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The RKBA stands, even if the 2nd amendment is excised from the constitution.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Diane Wood on the Second Amendment 2010
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See that is why you people need to have you genes excised from the human race.
Think Progress » Boehner Claims Student Loan Reform Will ‘Eliminate Every Bank In The Country’ 2010
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Is it a correct reading that according to the majority opinion, if the words “cruelly wounded or killed in a cruel manner,” were inserted, or if “wounded” and “killed” were both excised from the statute then it would be narrowly tailored and satisfy the first amendment?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Big First Amendment win in United States v. Stevens 2010
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For reasons that I cannot now recall, that excursus needed to be excised from the chapter about deceit in my last book, A Brief History of the Smile.
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His response, now excised from the thread, was this:
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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Is it a correct reading that according to the opinion, if the words “cruelly wounded or killed in a cruel manner,” were inserted, or if “wounded” and “killed” were both excised from the statute then it would be narrowly tailored and satisfy the first amendment?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Wise Words About Prosecutorial Discretion and Speech Restrictions 2010
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So instead of being buried in concrete, excised from the daily life of the city and only experienced by municipal workers, urban hydrology is visibly, even prominently, incorporated into the surface fabric of the city.
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Sara: Is it a correct reading that according to the opinion, if the words “cruelly wounded or killed in a cruel manner,” were inserted, or if “wounded” and “killed” were both excised from the statute then it would be narrowly tailored and satisfy the first amendment?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Wise Words About Prosecutorial Discretion and Speech Restrictions 2010
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