ostracize

IPA: ˈɔstrʌsaɪz

verb

  • (transitive, Ancient Greece, historical) To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
  • (by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
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Examples of "ostracize" in Sentences

  • I don't want to ostracize anyone.
  • Ostracize, cauterize and excise him
  • The villagers ostracize her and her son.

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