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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + scindō.
Pronunciation
Verb
exscindō (present infinitive exscindere, perfect active exscidī, supine exscissum); third conjugation
- to demolish, destroy
- Synonyms: ruīnō, ēvāstō, dēvāstō, dēstruō, aboleō, dīruō, perdō, sepeliō, occīdō, tollō, vāstō, populor, absūmō, impellō, interimō, accīdō, perimō, trucīdō
- Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “exscindo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exscindo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exscindo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.