ostracizing

Variant of ostracize

transitive verb ostracized, ostracizing

to banish, bar, exclude, etc. by ostracism

Origin: Gr ostrakizein, to exile by votes written on tiles or potsherds < ostrakon, a shell, potsherd, akin to osteon, bone: see ossify

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