Excess
Excess noun - The state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed.
Remove and excess are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Remove" instead a verb "Excess".
Nearby Words: excessive, excessively
Remove
Remove verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Usage example: voters removed the racist selectman from office the first chance they got
How words are described
| critical | critical excess | critical remove |
Both words in one sentence
- After plastic surgery to remove his excess skin, he ended up being a pastiche of Jared from the Subway commercials.
Source: Fat Bastard / Comic Books -
OK, like, one time, I was out in the parking lot tryin' to remove my excess earwax with a golf pencil, when I see this guy Marty tryin' to carry a big ol' sofa up the stairs all by himself!
Source: Rhetorical Request Blunder -
Real Life Writes the Plot: The "Time Arc", which is the in-game explanation for loss of content due to a database goof; before that, the introduction of the Penguin Mafia as one of the many ways to remove "bugmeat" - excess meat generated by a bug in the system - from the economy.
Source: Video Game / Kingdom of Loathing
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