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ex•clude
Pronunciation: (ik-sklOOd'), [key]—
v.t., -clud•ed, -clud•ing.
1. to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
2. to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.:
Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.
3. to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject:
He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.