incise
verb
, -ˈsīs\
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Synonyms
engrave, etch, grave, inscribe, insculp [archaic]
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And thousands of noncorroding Frisbee-size discs, incised with images of human horror, will be buried all around for any inquisitive diggers to find. — Tim Heffernan, Popular Mechanics, "Finland's Crazy Plan to Make Nuclear Waste Disappear," 10 May 2012 Among other astonishments here are numerous gorgeous plasters—penciled, incised and painted. — Lance Esplund, WSJ, "‘Giacometti’ Review: Beyond a Retrospective," 19 June 2018 After the Yankees incised Duffy on May 19, his ERA hovered near seven. — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, "Dallas Keuchel, Astros top Royals for 10th straight victory," 16 June 2018 Twenty-eight days ago in Houston, Severino incised the Astros. — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, "Luis Severino, Yankees stump Astros in series finale," 30 May 2018 Large, spiral conch shells, probably once home to ancient sea snails and now notched by hand at the apex to form a trumpet, are incised with images of warriors, hunters and the dead — as well as zoomorphic creatures that may well be crocodiles. — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, "Teotihuacan: An ancient Mexican city's remarkable art comes to life at LACMA," 18 Apr. 2018 One of the mummies Sutro acquired in the 1890s was Nes-Per-N-Nub, a high priest at the Temple of Karnak whose wrapped remains were laid to rest about 4,000 years ago in an intricately painted and incised triple-nesting wood sarcophagus. — Jesse Hamlin, San Francisco Chronicle, "SF State’s new Global Museum to house Sutro’s Egyptian Collection," 11 Apr. 2018 That approach begins with an incision in the inframammary fold, and the pectoralis muscle is then identified and incised, explains Smith. — Erin Nicole Celletti, Allure, "The Complete Guide to Breast Augmentation," 10 Apr. 2018 Twenty-four years after her book was published, at the March on Washington of August 28th 1963, Martin Luther King looked out from the Lincoln Memorial over a sea of oppressed people (the date is incised on the memorial’s marble steps). — The Economist, "The making of Martin Luther King’s speeches," 28 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'incise.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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