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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ostracise .
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Examples
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We need to bring about a community culture that ostracises those who commit violence against any human being, especially women and children.
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Women's Parliament 2008
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This feeling of sympathy for the fighting Cubans knew no North nor South; and strange as it may seem the Southerner who quails before the mob spirit that disfranchises, ostracises and lynches an American Negro who seeks his liberty at home, became a loud champion of the Insurgent cause in
History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest Edward A. Johnson
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The church today cannot be distinguished from United Way, except in how it hypocritically ostracises, intimidates, mentally abuses, bullies and descriminates.
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On this point rested not only his continued participation in golf's most prestigious tournament, but also his integrity in a sport which ostracises players accused of breaching even the most obscure rules.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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“society;” and when the members of it say of an individual, “I never met him in society,” it ostracises him, no matter how estimable or agreeable he may be.
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"society;" and when the members of it say of an individual, "I never met him in society," it ostracises him, no matter how estimable or agreeable he may be.
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