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ostracise

verb

1. expel from a community or group

• Derivationally related forms: ↑blackball (for: ↑blackball), ↑ostracism, ↑ostracism (for: ↑ostracize), ↑banishment (for: ↑banish)

• Hypernyms: ↑expel, ↑throw out, ↑kick out

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s somebody

2. avoid speaking to or dealing with

- Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me

• Syn: ↑ostracize

• Derivationally related forms: ↑ostracism, ↑ostracism (for: ↑ostracize)

• Hypernyms: ↑exclude, ↑keep out, ↑shut out, ↑shut

• Hyponyms: ↑boycott

• Entailment: ↑avoid

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

- Somebody ——s somebody

Useful english dictionary. 2012.