1. to cut out or excise; to remove by cutting
Usage: archaic; formal; chiefly literary or legal
2. to eliminate or eradicate completely
Usage: archaic; figurative

Examples

• The surgeon exscinds the diseased tissue with precision.
• The editor exscinds unnecessary passages from the manuscript.
• The law exscinds all previous contradictory statutes.
• He sought to exscind corruption from the institution.
• The passage was exscinded from the final edition of the text.