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1.
Excise is a tax that the government of a country puts on particular goods, such as cigarettes and alcoholic drinks, which are produced for sale in its own country.
...this year’s rise in ~ duties...
New car buyers and smokers will be hit by increases in taxes and ~.
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2.
If someone ~s something, they remove it deliberately and completely. (FORMAL)
...a personal crusade to ~ racist and sexist references in newspapers.
...the question of permanently excising madness from the world.
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excision (excisions)
The authors demanded excision of foreign words.
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