He tried to drown his memories of that night in hopes of excising the recollections of her begging for her life. ow.ly/lhkSv

@Carolyn_Arnold Excising means `remove by cutting` & hence one has incorrectly utilized it here IMHO;-)

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@Carolyn_Arnold I stand corrected.#Apologies