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- 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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BANISH definition: 1. to send someone away, especially from their country, and not allow them to come back: 2. to get…. Learn more.
The meaning of BANISH is to require by authority to leave a country. How to use banish in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Banish.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.