as in condemnation
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Recent Examples of excommunication
Faced with excommunication by the Catholic Church, Zaragoza rode his Vespa nine hours to Madrid for an audience with Spanish general Francisco Franco.
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Joshua Korber Hoffman, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
The threat of excommunication did nothing to change their minds.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2013
Thus, for the people of the Andes to be without coca is a form of social and spiritual death, an excommunication from existence itself.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
Catholics who read titles on the Index of Forbidden Books risked excommunication.
—Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
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Joshua Korber Hoffman, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
The threat of excommunication did nothing to change their minds.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2013
Thus, for the people of the Andes to be without coca is a form of social and spiritual death, an excommunication from existence itself.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
Catholics who read titles on the Index of Forbidden Books risked excommunication.
—Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excommunication
Noun
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There has been widespread international condemnation, particularly from the UN.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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Musk and his team have swept through the government in recent months, slashing federal contracts and cutting staff — drawing applause from Trump allies and condemnation from opponents.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Stupar declined to comment on the censure, referring any questions to Lynch, who is president of the board.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Libby filed her lawsuit against Fecteau to have the censure overturned on March 11.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Springsteen is a passionate liberal who has campaigned for every Democratic candidate for president over the past two decades, and he’s made no effort to disguise his contempt for President Trump, but this is his most passionate denunciation of him to date.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2025
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Angry public denunciations of Glassman soon followed.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
10 May 2025
Noun
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However benign or malicious — whatever its life or death, possible eternal salvation or never-ending damnation — this spirit seizes your attention from the get-go because everything in this twisty, technically virtuosic, surprisingly moving chiller is shot from its point of view.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Earth’s ‘Gateway to Hell’ is growing There are many natural landmarks on our planet named after a biblical destination of eternal damnation.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
25 Dec. 2024
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“Excommunication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excommunication. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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