OSTRACISE

ostracize, ostracise

(verb) avoid speaking to or dealing with; “Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me”

banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball

(verb) expel from a community or group

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

ostracise (third-person singular simple present ostracises, present participle ostracising, simple past and past participle ostracised)

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of ostracize.

Anagrams

• Croatises, Socratise

Source: Wiktionary



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