All exscind synonyms

verb exscind

• abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
• black out — If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
• blacklist — If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.
• delete — If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it.
• edit — to supervise or direct the preparation of (a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); serve as editor of; direct the editorial policies of.
• excise — A tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licenses granted for certain activities.
• restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
• sanitise — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
• sanitize — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• bleach — If you bleach something, you use a chemical to make it white or pale in colour.
• bleep — A bleep is a short, high-pitched sound, usually one of a series, that is made by an electrical device.
• blue-pencil — to alter, abridge, or cancel with or as with a pencil that has blue lead, as in editing a manuscript.
• bowdlerize — To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it.
• bowdlerise — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
• conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• cork — Cork is a soft, light substance which forms the bark of a type of Mediterranean tree.
• criticize — If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
• criticise — criticize
• cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
• decontaminate — To decontaminate something means to remove all germs or dangerous substances from it.
• examine — Inspect (someone or something) in detail to determine their nature or condition; investigate thoroughly.
• expurgate — Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account).
• inspect — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
• launder — to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
• narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
• oversee — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
• purge — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
• purify — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• review — a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
• revile — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
• squelch — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
• sterilize — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
• sterilise — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
• clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
• put the lid on — to be the final blow to
• strike out — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
• anatomize — If you anatomise a subject or an issue, you examine it in great detail.
• dichotomize — to divide or become divided into two parts or classifications
• disjoin — to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.
• disjoint — to separate or disconnect the joints or joinings of.
• dismember — to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb: The ogre dismembered his victims before he ate them.
• dissever — to sever; separate.
• divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
• operate — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
• part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.