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The correct answer is exclude.

Ostracize

A. lengthen
B. exclude
C. prickle
D. curtail

The correct answer is (B) To exclude; to shun; to keep from society, privileges, etc.; to refrain deliberately from having sociable contact with, particularly in order to punish. To banish, expatriate.

Ostracize comes from Greek Ostrakizein (to banish).

Examples of use:

  • Once the police had charged Elizabeth, her friends ostracized her.
  • Most inhabitants ostracized him after he openly criticized the village elders.


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