banish
verb (used with object)
to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile.
banisher
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a word derived from
banish.
Example Sentences
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A weak solution of zinc chloride is also said to be an effectual banisher of these pests.
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs
The duel was stopped by the king, and the adversaries banished; but the Duke of Lancaster afterwards returned to depose his banisher.
From Windsor Castle by William Harrison Ainsworth
Thou spirit of fierce hate and parting breath, Thou banisher of joy!
From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous
And with him there rose Maupeou, the banisher of Parlements; who plants you a refractory President 'at Croe in Combrailles on the top of steep rocks, inaccessible except by litters,' there to consider himself.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
Diligent inquirer after virtue, and banisher of vice!
From Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Benjamin Franklin
