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ostracise

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os´tra`cise
v. t.1.Same as ostracize.
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Verb1.ostracise - expel from a community or group
banish, blackball, cast out, ostracize, shun, ban
expel, kick out, throw out - force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"
2.ostracise - avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"
ostracize
keep out, shut out, exclude, shut - prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
boycott - refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
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Rescued by a wagon train, he offers to guide them west, but the Confederates among the passengers ostracise him.
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It's funny, there's this German journalist who listened to it not so long ago and he said to me, 'You know, this is quite a radical work because if you look at what it is doing, you're not choosing to ostracise Christianity, you're allowing them to become part of this and hopefully open themselves up to the idea of it not being just a right-wing ideology'.
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