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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. expel from a community or group;
[syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]

2. avoid speaking to or dealing with;
- Example: "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"
[syn: ostracize, ostracise]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

ostracise \os"tra*cise\, v. t. Same as ostracize. [Chiefly Brit.] [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ostracise v 1: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball] 2: avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" [syn: ostracize, ostracise]