ex·com·mu·ni·cate
ˌek-skə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkāt 
excommunicated; excommunicating; excommunicates
: to subject to excommunication
ex·com·mu·ni·cate
ˌek-skə-ˈmyü-ni-kət
: excluded from the rights of church membership : excommunicated
excommunicate
noun
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Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Trump intra-party critics like Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger were excommunicated from the GOP; of the 10 House Republicans to vote in support of the second impeachment of Trump, only two made it through their primaries.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 2 July 2024
Cardinal Muller joins calls for US bishops to excommunicate Biden
Carlo Maria Vigano, March 31, X post
Thank you for supporting our journalism.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
What is more, the spats set off chain reactions, as some declare takfir on those who failed to excommunicate the transgressors.
—Vera Mironova, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2017
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Verb
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
Trump intra-party critics like Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger were excommunicated from the GOP; of the 10 House Republicans to vote in support of the second impeachment of Trump, only two made it through their primaries.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 2 July 2024
Cardinal Muller joins calls for US bishops to excommunicate Biden
Carlo Maria Vigano, March 31, X post
Thank you for supporting our journalism.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
What is more, the spats set off chain reactions, as some declare takfir on those who failed to excommunicate the transgressors.
—Vera Mironova, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2017
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“Excommunicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excommunicate. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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