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1. (v.t.) ostracize
to exclude, by general consent, from society, privileges, etc.
2. ostracize
to banish (a person) from his or her native country; expatriate.
3. ostracize
(in ancient Greece) to banish (a citizen) temporarily by popular vote.
Etymology: (1860–65; < NL Ostracoda name of the subclass < Gk ostrakṒdēs=óstrak(on) shell, tile (see ostracize ) +-ōdēs-ode1)
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1. (verb) banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
expel from a community or group
2. (verb) ostracize, ostracise
avoid speaking to or dealing with
"Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"
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