excīdō īdī, īsus, ere ex + caedo, to cut out, cut off, hew out, cut down: arbores, Cs.: excisa arbor: columnas rupibus, V.

—To raze, demolish, lay waste, destroy: aedīs: Troiam, V.: Sugambros, Ta.

—Fig., to drive out, extirpate, banish: tempus ex animo: vitium irae, H.: causas bellorum, Ta.