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excommunicating

verb

present participle of excommunicate
as in banishing
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 excommunicating The Vatican responded by excommunicating Lefebvre and the newly ordained bishops, though those excommunications were lifted in 2009 as part of an effort to restore relations. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excommunicating
  1. banishing
  2. exiling
  3. excluding
  4. ejecting
  5. ostracizing
  6. expelling
  7. dismissing
Verb
  • Rhaenyra also makes the drastic decision of relieving Mysaria of her duties as master of whispers and banishing her from King’s Landing.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
  • But being intellectually skeptical of something is not the same as banishing it from one’s existence.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
Definition of banishing
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  • The anti-Zionist project of ending Israel’s existence as a Jewish state implies killing, subjugating, or re-exiling more than half of the world’s Jewish population.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Ruthlessly exiling those players sent a clear message about the importance of squad harmony, but arguably handed the leverage in negotiations to buying clubs, driving down their prices and delaying their departures.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Definition of exiling
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  • Options call for either including or excluding monuments located at each of the park’s four corners.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • GitLab earned 24 cents per share, excluding items, on revenue of $286 million in the second quarter, beating estimates for 18 cents and $273 million, respectively, according to LSEG.
    — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of excluding
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  • Out toward the edge, the star would boil unstably, sloughing off outer layers and explosively ejecting mass.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The impact tore away the entire right side and most of the roof of the vehicle, ejecting all five passengers.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of ejecting
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  • Singer’s journey Looking at Parton’s life reveals how a celebrity can incorporate religion into their public persona, without ostracizing admirers from other traditions.
    — Sarah Dees, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The deliberations come as the Treasury Department on Monday warned countries doing trade with Iran that new secondary sanctions are in the pipeline aimed at ostracizing nations that continue to do business with Tehran.
    — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of ostracizing
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  • From the battlefields of Afghanistan expelling a global superpower to laying the groundwork for al-Qaeda, FOX News experts and former intelligence officials break down the roots of modern terrorism.
    — , FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Those plans were disrupted when the tank failed as the workday began, expelling huge amounts of a caustic liquid capable of causing severe burns.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of expelling
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  • A day after dismissing Dana Brown, Astros owner Jim Crane fielded a question specifically about Bagwell’s potential candidacy.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • That doesn't mean Cramer is dismissing the risks from higher oil.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismissing

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“Excommunicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excommunicating. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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