Exclusion

Is there a way to exlude documents containing a term

[a1call]

Hi,
Is there a search operator or other means of refining a search by excluding documents that include a term?
example:
If I search for:
animals
and only want to see results that do not include the term cat

[Please Be Gentle]

I think you need the minus term (directly before the term, no space)
eg
animals -cat

[a1call]

Hi please be,
I checked it out and it seems to do the trick.
Many thanks