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   ban·ish

   /ˈbaniSH/

   verb

   • 1. send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment: "they were banished to Siberia for political crimes" Similar exileexpeldeportejectexpatriateextraditerepatriatetransportcast outoustdrive awayevictthrow outexcludeshut outbanexcommunicateostracizeOpposite admitreadmit
   • ▪ forbid, abolish, or get rid of (something unwanted): "all thoughts of romance were banished from her head" Similar dispeldismissdispersescatterdissipatedrive awaydrive offchase awayroutoustcast outshut outget rid ofquellallayeliminatedislodgeOpposite engender

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French baniss-, lengthened stem of banir; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ban1.

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › banishBanish Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Banish means to require by authority to leave a country or to drive out or remove from a place. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for banish.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBANISHED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Banished is the past tense and past participle of banish, which means to send someone away, especially from their country, and not allow them to come back. Learn more about the verb, its synonyms, and its usage in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBANISH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   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.

5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › banishBanish - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   /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.

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › banishedBanished - definition of banished by The Free Dictionary

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   Banished means to force someone or something to leave a place or country by official decree, or to drive away or expel. See the origin, synonyms, translations and usage of the verb banish in different contexts.

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   By satisfying longing for vengeance, he would banish into the impossible all life happiness. From Project Gutenberg. Banish definition: to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile. See examples of BANISH used in a sentence.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryBANISH | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Banish means to send someone away, especially from their country, and not allow them to come back, or to get rid of something completely. Learn more about the verb banish, its usage, pronunciation and related words from Cambridge Dictionary.