WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -To boycott means to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest; the noun boycott is the protest itself.

Detailed explanation-2: -to refuse to buy a product or take part in an activity as a way of expressing strong disapproval: People were urged to boycott the country’s products. The union called on its members to boycott the meeting.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons. The purpose of a boycott is to inflict some economic loss on the target, or to indicate a moral outrage, to try to compel the target to alter an objectionable behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -[+ object] : to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting. plans to boycott American products. They boycotted the city’s bus system. The country’s leaders boycotted [=did not attend] the event in protest.