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    banish
    /ˈbanɪʃ/

    verb

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  2. 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.

  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. 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.

  5. 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.

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

    Banish comes from the Old French word bannir, which means "proclaim as an outlaw." It is serious and absolute. You can see the word ban in banish, but to ban something is not as harsh as banishing it.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › american_englishbanish verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    banish somebody/something (from something) to make someone or something go away; to get rid of someone or something The sight of food banished all other thoughts from my mind. See banish in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: banish. Definition of banish verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

  10. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryBANISH | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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

  11. www.britannica.com › dictionary › banishBanish Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    BANISH meaning: 1 : to force (someone) to leave a country as punishment exile; 2 : to send (someone or something) away often + from or to.