EXCOMMUNICATES Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

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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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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The final policy excludes therapeutic procedures targeting nerves such as the pudendal nerve and ganglion impar, interventions used for some forms of severe pelvic pain.

— Antje M. Barreveld, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026
That count excludes more than 400 licensed locations on college campuses, in hospitals, and elsewhere.

— Heather Occhino, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of excludes

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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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However, a large percentage of the Brazilian electorate also consistently rejects the prospect of voting for another Bolsonaro for president.

— David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Human Rights Watch said those expulsions amounted to war crimes, a charge that Israel rejects.

— Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 24 Oct. 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

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