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    banish
    /ˈbanɪʃ/

    verb

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

    BANISH definition: 1. to send someone away, especially from their country, and not allow them to come back: 2. to get…. Learn more.

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

    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.

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

    Definitions of banish. verb. expel, as if by official decree. “he was banished from his own country” synonyms: bar, relegate. see more. verb. expel from a community or group. synonyms: ban, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun. see more. verb. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment. synonyms: ban. see more. verb. drive away.

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

    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.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › banishBanish - definition of banish by The Free Dictionary

    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.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › banishBANISH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    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. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBANISH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it. They tried to banish him from politics. [V n + from/to] If you banish something unpleasant, you get rid of it. ...a public investment programme intended to banish the recession.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionbanish verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    banish somebody/something (from something) to make somebody/something go away; to get rid of somebody/something. The sight of food banished all other thoughts from my mind. He was determined to banish all feelings of guilt. She tried to banish these thoughts from her mind.

  10. www.dictionary.com › browse › banish]BANISH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    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. / ˈbænɪʃ / verb. to expel from a place, esp by an official decree as a punishment. to drive away.

  11. www.yourdictionary.com › banishBanish Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Banish definition: To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile.