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exsect

[ek-sekt] / ɛkˈsɛkt /
VERB
cut out
Synonyms
STRONGEST
carve delete eliminate extract pull out sever
WEAK
cease displace exclude extirpate give up oust refrain from stop supersede supplant usurp
Antonyms
STRONGEST
add put in
WEAK
include
VERB
dissect
Synonyms
STRONG
anatomize cut dichotomize disjoin disjoint dismember dissever divide operate part quarter section sever slice sunder
WEAK
break up dislimb exscind lay open prosect
Antonyms
STRONG
combine connect join unite
WEAK
mend sew
VERB
excise
Synonyms
STRONGEST
black out cross out cut out edit eradicate expunge exterminate stamp out
STRONG
amputate cut destroy elide erase extirpate extract gut launder resect slash strike trim
WEAK
X out blot out blue pencil cut off cut up exscind knock off lop off scissor out scratch out wipe out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
add
STRONG
insert lose put in
VERB
extirpate
Synonyms
STRONG
abate abolish annihilate demolish deracinate efface eliminate eradicate erase excise expunge exterminate extinguish kill raze remove
WEAK
blot out cut out root out wipe out
Antonyms
STRONG
add build construct establish fix help institute plant put in revive
WEAK
leave alone

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The functions sine, cosine, tangent, exsecant, and so on all refer to ratios of side lengths of right triangles.

From Scientific American • Oct. 7, 2017

The versine is in green next to the cosine, and the exsecant is in pink to the right of the versine.

From Scientific American • Sep. 16, 2013

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