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    banish
    /ˈbanɪʃ/

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

    The meaning of BANISH is to require by authority to leave a country. How to use banish in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Banish.

  3. 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.

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

    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.

  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.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.

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

    Definition of banish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. 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.

  11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishBANISH | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    BANISH definition: 1. to send someone away from a place, often as a punishment: 2. to make yourself stop thinking…. Learn more.

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