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1. : to require by authority to leave a country. a dictator who banishes anyone who opposes him. 2. : to drive out or remove from a home or place of usual resort or continuance. He was banished from court. banishing her from the sport. The reporters were banished to another room. 3. : to clear away : dispel.
to send someone away, especially from their country, and not allow them to come back: He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year. They were banished (= sent out) from the library for making a noise. to get rid of something completely: Try to banish all thoughts of revenge from your mind. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
to send someone away, especially from their country, and not allow them to come back: He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year. They were banished (= sent out) from the library for making a noise. to get rid of something completely: Try to banish all thoughts of revenge from your mind. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
/ˈbænɪʃ/ IPA guide. Other forms: banished; banishing; banishes. To banish is to get rid of. Think very carefully before you banish someone from your group. Someday, you may want that person around again. Banish rhymes with vanish, which is exactly what happens when you banish someone. Suppose a king, angry with some of his subjects, banishes them.
1. To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile: The spy was found guilty of treason and banished from the country. 2. To drive away; expel: We banished all our doubts and fears. [Middle English banishen, from Old French banir, baniss-, of Germanic origin; see bhā- in Indo-European roots .] ban′ish·er n. ban′ish·ment n.
to send someone away, especially from their country, and not allow them to come back: He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year. They were banished (= sent out) from the library for making a noise. to get rid of something completely: Try to banish all thoughts of revenge from your mind. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
verb (used with object) to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island. Synonyms: deport, outlaw, expatriate, exile. to compel to depart; send, drive, or put away: to banish sorrow. banish.
verb. /ˈbænɪʃ/ Verb Forms. [usually passive] banish somebody (from…) (to…) to order somebody to leave a place, especially a country, as a punishment synonym exile. He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. The children were banished from the dining room. He pleaded with the Queen not to banish him.
If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.
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