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Definition of ostracize verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

ostracize

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈɑstrəˌsaɪz//
 
ostracize somebody (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they ostracize
 
he / she / it ostracizes
 
past simple ostracized
 
-ing form ostracizing
 
 
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to refuse to let someone be a member of a social group; to refuse to meet or talk to someone synonym shun He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike.
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