as in to banish
to not allow (someone) to continue being a member of a group and especially the Roman Catholic church
He was excommunicated from the church for his radical practices.
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Recent Examples of excommunicate
The fraternity's national parent organization also excommunicated the chapter.
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026
Ex-Prince Andrew has effectively been excommunicated from the royal family as a result of his actions.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
His brother, a defrocked Catholic priest with a Cessna Skyhawk aircraft and a Lincoln Continental, was excommunicated for marrying his secretary.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The student movement should have immediately excommunicated him.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026
Ex-Prince Andrew has effectively been excommunicated from the royal family as a result of his actions.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
His brother, a defrocked Catholic priest with a Cessna Skyhawk aircraft and a Lincoln Continental, was excommunicated for marrying his secretary.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The student movement should have immediately excommunicated him.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excommunicate
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But the most important takeaways are that Claudia and Madeline are killed for their role in Lestat’s almost-offing, while Louis is only banished.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
6 June 2026
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Burns wanted to banish Thornton back to the OHL.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Instead, it was exiled after one season because of poor ratings.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
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Any executive shopping Makar should be exiled to Ogallala.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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The poll excluded areas where Hezbollah is most entrenched, and among Lebanese Shiites—the community that forms the bedrock of the group’s support and has borne much of the cost of the war—only a minority agreed.—
Euan Ward,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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The discussions for now exclude Canada.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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After the second group stage match, national icon Diego Maradona was expelled from the tournament due to a positive doping test.—
Débora Rey,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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The repercussions for Brooks were minimal; a criminal court fined him $300, and a vote to expel him from the House failed.—
Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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The Vanity Fair article was published shortly after, further ostracizing Adams from her former friends and causing the remaining Eternal Values members to become even more insular.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
1 June 2026
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Hernandez's own former volleyball teammates Hadeel Hazameh and Alyssa McPherson were allegedly ostracized and targeted after taking a stand against the athlete in the fall.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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The passenger in the Land Rover, Fedeline Alexis Saint Cyr, 59, was ejected during the collision and pronounced dead at the scene.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
2 June 2026
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Zidane was ejected and France lost.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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The lawsuit was eventually dismissed.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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The ruling came after similar cases in Michigan and Georgia were dismissed by the courts and a special prosecutor dropped a federal case in late 2024 that charged Trump with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.—
Jacques Billeaud,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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“Excommunicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excommunicate. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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