EXCISION

excision. Excision, n. extirpation, destruction, utter ruin

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Ex‐ci″sion (?), n. [[L. excisio: cf. F. excision. See Excide.]] 1. 1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.
Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision. Atterbury. 2. 2. (Eccl.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.
3. 3. (Surg.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. Dunglison.