excise β A tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licenses granted for certain activities.
remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
carve β If you carve an object, you make it by cutting it out of a substance such as wood or stone. If you carve something such as wood or stone into an object, you make the object by cutting it out.
delete β If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it.
eliminate β Completely remove or get rid of (something).
pull out β to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
sever β to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
displace β to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
exclude β Deny (someone) access to or bar (someone) from a place, group, or privilege.
give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
oust β to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
supersede β to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
supplant β to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
usurp β to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
anatomize β If you anatomise a subject or an issue, you examine it in great detail.
cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
dichotomize β to divide or become divided into two parts or classifications
disjoin β to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.
disjoint β to separate or disconnect the joints or joinings of.
dismember β to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb: The ogre dismembered his victims before he ate them.
divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
operate β to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
part β a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.