to refuse to have anything to do with, trade with (a person, business firm, country etc) for a reason

ban; refrain from using

close down

officially forbid

to take out (something written or printed)

erase, remove

to escape (capture) by (a person) (especially by deceiving)

avoid; escape

to stay out of the way of (a bad person or thing)

get away from

to do without, give up, (something)

give up, do without

to have (something) no longer because of accident, theft, carelessness etc

be deprived of; mislay

to put aside, send back, throw away, (something) as not good enough; to refuse to accept (a person, thing)

say no to

to avoid (the usual word)

avoid, ignore

to ignore, treat rudely, (a person)

give someone the cold shoulder

(to cause a person, animal) to suffer or die from hunger; to feel very hungry

hold back from doing