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| bar1 |
to exclude, especially by an agency or person in authority. [1/13 definitions] |
| buzzword |
a fashionable, short-lived word or phrase that originates either in media use or in a specialized group, and that is intended to impress or exclude the hearer, because of its apparent profundity or significance. |
| debar |
to shut out; exclude. [1/2 definitions] |
| disinherit |
to exclude from or deprive of an inheritance. [1/2 definitions] |
| except |
to fail to include; leave out; exclude. [1/5 definitions] |
| excommunicate |
to exclude, by formal order, from the privileges of membership and communion in the Roman Catholic Church. [1/3 definitions] |
| in-group |
a group of people with common interests or attitudes who tend to exclude those with different interests or attitudes. |
| marginalize |
to exclude or treat as being of no importance, esp. so as to divert attention from. |
| ostracize |
to exclude or shun, by general agreement of the group imposing the exclusion. [1/2 definitions] |
| suspend |
to exclude for disciplinary reasons. [1/7 definitions] |
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