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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The Vatican excommunicated all known to be involved and said all those who come after are also considered excommunicated.
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Lisa Ling, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
Hazimi believes that those who excuse the religiously ignorant and fail to excommunicate Muslims who merit such treatment are themselves kaffirs.
—Vera Mironova, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2017
They might well have been excommunicated from the party.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
Former vice president Mike Pence is out — excommunicated from the MAGA movement for the sin of not trying to overturn the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021 — and someone else will soon be in.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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Lisa Ling, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
Hazimi believes that those who excuse the religiously ignorant and fail to excommunicate Muslims who merit such treatment are themselves kaffirs.
—Vera Mironova, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2017
They might well have been excommunicated from the party.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
Former vice president Mike Pence is out — excommunicated from the MAGA movement for the sin of not trying to overturn the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021 — and someone else will soon be in.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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Tribal leaders had banished Chasing Horse in 2015 from the reservation amid allegations of human trafficking.CBS News, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Those found guilty of habitual funny cowboy dancing are either executed or banished to the Desolate Zone, where they are forced to get jobs and raise families.Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, Dharamshala is best known internationally as the seat of the Dalai Lama, who has been based there since being exiled from Tibet in 1959.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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But he’s falsely accused and exiled in a scheme to break off his relationship with the local ruler’s daughter Tirtaningsih.H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 1 Nov. 2024
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Total expenses excluding management fees increased to $438,982 from $238,942.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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The new district added Port Washington, more of Grafton and excluded chunks of the old district west of Menomonee Falls.Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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History suggests that to expel Russia from Crimea or the Donbas, Ukraine would need forces some three times more numerous and capable than Moscow’s, and Russia has a population at least three times larger and a much bigger industrial base.Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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Russia has managed to retake some of that territory, but has failed to expel the Ukrainian invaders and seemed reluctant to divert troops from the war’s eastern front lines to do so.Matthew Bodner, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Blas can see through the veil because those dismissive, racist remnants still exist: the shaming, the way he’s ostracized, the way he’s dismissed and ignored.Samantha Dunn, Orange County Register, 10 Sep. 2024
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Eventually, his experiments with robotics lead him to be ostracized by the resistance movement.Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024
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In the second incident, which took place after 6 p.m., multiple officers were summoned to a section of the stadium where three allegedly unruly fans were ejected but refused to exit, the body camera video shows.Dennis Romero, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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And there's a lengthy list of unacceptable offenses that can get people ejected or even banned from venues.Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Some critics of President Biden may dismiss his recent apology of the federal Indian boarding schools as a strategy to win votes in what was a tight presidential election race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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But other Republicans push back on the criticism of Selzer, saying the campaign should not outright dismiss the poll’s findings.Julia Manchester, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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