Definition of "excising" [excising]

• Present participle of excise. (verb)

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• "And it ends with a flat-out indictment of the failure of the Labour Government in excising “the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange” from its party constitution in 1995."
• "I believe I have read that the editor’s defense is that the NYT was justified in excising the actual theme — the real meaning — of the letter because there was balance provided by * another* soldier’s words in the same article."
• "What do you mean by "excising" the cancer of capitalism? by Don Smith on Tuesday, Jul 21, 2009 at 9: 21: 49 PM"