banish
verb (used with object)
to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile.
banishes
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present tense formof banish (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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This World Cup win at least banishes one of Egypt's ghosts.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
It banishes darkness, conveys telecommunications signals between continents and makes visible the invisible, from faraway galaxies to the smallest bacterium.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
But Rama soon hears that his subjects are gossiping about Sita’s purity and banishes her to the forest once more — this time alone, while pregnant.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2023
This is the moment each year in which I go wild with asparagus, kale, peas, dill — anything that banishes the blasé gray of a New York winter.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
And then something happens that banishes even that mystery from my head.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
