Ex- prefix

to breathe out

• exhale

• excavate

• exclude

• export

to leave something out

"Be sure not to ___ important information in your report."

• exclude

• export

• expel

• exit

to send a product out of the country to be sold in another country

• export

• extract

• excavate

• exterior

to remove something by pulling it out

"The dentist had to ___ my tooth!"

• extract

• excavate

• expel

• export

to uncover something by digging it out and removing dirt that covers it

"Archeologists ___ sites to find dinosaur bones."

• excavate

• exclude

• export

• exterior

to force something out

"If you talk on your phone during a movie, the theater may __ you!"

• expel

• extract

• exclude

• exterior

a way out of a place; to go out of a place

• exit

• expel

• extract

• exhale

outside; an outer part or surface

"__ paint is specially made for use on the outside of a house. It withstands the hot sun."

• exterior

• excavate

• exclude

• expel