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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 as a punishment. [1/4 definitions] |
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