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Antonyms for excise
ˈɛk saɪz, -saɪs; ɪkˈsaɪzex·cise

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  1. excise, excise taxverb

    a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)

    Synonyms:
    excise tax

  2. strike, scratch, expunge, exciseverb

    remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

    "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"

    Synonyms:
    chance upon, itch, impinge on, hit, fret, attain, chance on, scrub, take, come up, fall upon, strike, rub, inscribe, move, assume, call off, collide with, coin, scrape up, cancel, fall, walk out, chafe, shine, affect, engrave, run into, scratch, happen upon, scratch up, come across, mint, strickle, impress, come to, scrape, expunge, come upon, light upon, take up, fray, discover, grave

  3. exciseverb

    levy an excise tax on

    Synonyms:
    scratch, expunge, strike

  4. exciseverb

    remove by cutting

    "The surgeon excised the tumor"

    Synonyms:
    scratch, expunge, strike

How to use excise in a sentence?

  1. Janice McGeachin:

    As I have traveled around the state and spoken with constituents and parents, it has become clear to me that this is one of the most significant threats facing our society today, we must find where these insidious theories and philosophies are lurking and excise them from our education system.

  2. John Kirby:

    In so doing, they learned that a specific request was made to excise that portion of the briefing. We do not know who made the request to edit the video or why it was made.

  3. Budi Susanto Sadiman:

    An excise duty on plastic bags is useless.

  4. Christine Lagarde:

    With revenues down, fiscal deficits are only slowly declining, despite significant reforms on both the spending and revenue sides, including the introduction of VAT and excise taxes, this has led to a sharp increase in public debt, from 13 percent of GDP in 2013 to 33 percent in 2018.

  5. Leslie Henderson:

    This only hits brewers. We pay all the taxes that other small businesses pay, and then on top of that, we paid this excise tax.

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