excommunicates

verb

present tense third-person singular of excommunicate
as in banishes
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 Synonyms for excommunicates
  1. banishes
  2. excludes
  3. exiles
  4. expels
  5. ejects
  6. rejects
  7. spurns
  8. dismisses
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  • This gives it a matte appearance that banishes reflections and even (most) fingerprints.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
  • New Blood introduces new twists to gameplay to capitalize on that tension; this season, the Traitors have a $15,000 bounty on their heads, money that will be added to the prize pot every time the group banishes one.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of banishes
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  • That excludes money funneled through nonprofits that conceal their donors.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Israel’s largest Arab party grouping declared its support Thursday for Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government, potentially clearing the path for a coalition that excludes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of excludes
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  • This practice exiles him completely from the realm of literary fiction; some might even question whether Patterson is really a writer.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Definition of exiles
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  • When the ocean is too warm, the coral expels the algae from its tissues.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • To protect itself, the coral expels its own algae — a primary food, energy, and oxygen source — and soon loses its color.
    — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of expels
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  • More than anything, the problem lies in the execution — as an absolutely catastrophic event effectively ejects Coulter and Fetters’ main character from his own story and into the abyss of early 2000s political turmoil.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
  • This development forcibly ejects the mild-mannered mammal into both his parents’ den and the wild — literally — world of dating, where smelling suitors’ pee takes the place of an app profile.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 22 May 2026
Definition of ejects
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  • The Joint List rejects Zionist parties that define Israel as a Jewish state.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • However, the Wisne plaintiffs’ antitrust case ends if the court rejects their relevant market.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of rejects
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  • And Newsom typically spurns laws that make changes to the state budget after those fiscal discussions conclude in the first half of the calendar year.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The pool of journalists who took that protective journey with him reflected the very racial and gender diversity that the current president spurns today.
    — Sonya Ross For The Atlanta Journal-Contitution, AJC.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of spurns
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  • Oppenheim dismisses the comparison, saying their series isn’t a conventional documentary.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The incumbent's campaign dismisses the Democratic push as the last-ditch effort of a campaign that will fall short.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismisses
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