ostracize (v.)

  1. expel from a community or group

    [ Syn: banish , ban , ostracise , shun , cast out , blackball ]

  2. avoid speaking to or dealing with; Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me

    [ Syn: ostracise ]

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