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excommunicate
[v. eks-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt; n., adj. eks-kuh-myoo-ni-kit, -keyt] 
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excommunicate
[v. eks-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt; n., adj. eks-kuh-myoo-ni-kit, -keyt]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | banish |
| Synonyms: | anathematize, ban, cast out, curse, denounce, dismiss, eject, exclude, expel, oust, proscribe, remove, repudiate, unchurch |
| Antonyms: | allow, include, permit, welcome |
| Main Entry: | cursed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damned, doomed for bad ending |
| Synonyms: | accursed, bedeviled, blankety-blank, blasted, blessed, blighted, cast out, confounded, doggone, excommunicate, execrable, fey, foredoomed, hell fire, ill-fated, infernal, snakebit, star-crossed, unholy, unsanctified, villainous, voodooed |
| Antonyms: | blessed |
| Main Entry: | damn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, denounce |
| Synonyms: | abuse, anathematize, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, cast out, castigate, censure, complain of, confound, convict, criticize, cry down, curse, cuss, darn, denunciate, doom, drat, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, jinx, object to, objurgate, pan, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, thunder against |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
| Antonyms: | bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote |
| Main Entry: | ostracize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exile, banish |
| Synonyms: | avoid, blackball, blacklist, boycott, cast out, cold-shoulder, cut, deport, displace, drop, exclude, excommunicate, expatriate, expel, expulse, leave in the cold, oust, reject, shun, shut out, snub, throw out |
| Antonyms: | embrace, welcome |
| Main Entry: | proscribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, exclude |
| Synonyms: | ban, banish, blackball, boycott, censure, damn, denounce, deport, doom*, embargo, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, forbid, interdict, ostracize, outlaw, prohibit, reject, sentence |
| Antonyms: | admit, allow, include, praise, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anathematize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curse |
| Synonyms: | accurse, anathemize, comminate, damn, excommunicate, execrate, imprecate, maledict |
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