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   banish

   /ˈbanɪʃ/

   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 exileexpeldeportejectexpatriateextraditerepatriatetransportcast outoustdrive awayevictthrow outexcludeshut outbanexcommunicateostracizeOpposite admitreadmit
   • ▪ 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.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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