English dictionary

ostracize

/'/A/str/@/,s/aI/z/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

expel from a community or group

verb.social

Synonyms ban banish blackball cast out ostracise shun

Source: WordNet 3.0
avoid speaking to or dealing with

verb.social

Examples
Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me.

Synonyms ostracise

Source: WordNet 3.0
To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

verb

Source: webster1913