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verb
- 1. send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment: "a number of people were banished to Siberia for political crimes" Similar Opposite
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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.
BANISH definition: 1. to send someone away, especially from their country, and not allow them to come back: 2. to get…. Learn more.
banish, exile, deport, transport mean to remove by authority from a state or country. banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own. banished for seditious activities. exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country.
1. to expel from or relegate to a country or place by official decree; condemn to exile. 2. to send or drive away: to banish sorrow. [1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French < Old French banir < Frankish] 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.
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.
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.
If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.
Definition of banish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Banish definition: To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile.
