1. present participle of exscind; to cut out or excise; to remove by cutting.
Usage: archaic; formal; chiefly literary or legal

Examples

• The surgeon was exscinding the damaged tissue from the wound.
• The editor considered exscinding the controversial passage from the manuscript.
• By exscinding the problematic clauses, the contract became more acceptable to both parties.
• The historian discussed exscinding certain records from the official archive.
• The gardener was exscinding the diseased branches from the tree.