Excise and Scratch

Excise

Excise verb - Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.
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Synonyms for Excise

Scratch is a synonym for excise. In some cases you can use "Scratch" instead a verb "Excise".

Nearby Words: excision, excised, excising, excisable

Scratch

Scratch verb - Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.
Usage example: scratch that remark

Excise is a synonym for scratch. Sometimes you can use "Excise" instead a verb "Scratch".

Nearby Words: scratched, scratchy, scratching

How words are described

short short excise short scratch

Common collocations

character excise character scratch character
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