banish

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/ ˈbæn ɪʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island.

to compel to depart; send, drive, or put away: to banish sorrow.

OTHER WORDS FOR banish

1 exile, expatriate, outlaw; deport.

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Origin of banish

1275–1325; Middle English banisshen<Anglo-French, Old French baniss-, long stem of banir<Frankish *bannjan to proclaim, akin to ban¹

OTHER WORDS FROM banish

ban·ish·er, nounban·ish·ment, nounnon·ban·ish·ment, nounpro·ban·ish·ment, adjective

self-banished, adjectiveself-ban·ish·ment, nounun·ban·ished, adjective

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How to use banish in a sentence

I arrived at a haunted lot where I had to banish ghostly entities.
I recreated ‘Phasmophobia’ in ‘The Sims 4’ with the game’s new paranormal pack|Elise Favis|January 26, 2021|Washington Post
I just stopped talking to everybody because I didn’t know who to trust because I had been banished.
‘I lost everything’: Janet Hubert confronts Will Smith about their falling out in the ‘Fresh Prince’ reunion|Helena Andrews-Dyer|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
Suddenly, social media and other digital diversions are no longer a parenting scourge, but a blessing, as we watch our children shut in all week, banished from schools and parks.
'Nobody Wants to Be Alone.' Video Chat Is Having a Moment as Millions Are Isolated|Vivienne Walt / Paris|March 18, 2020|Time
While quarantined, she was seemingly powerless to challenge her banishment to a tent in Newark.
Are Mandatory Ebola Quarantines Legal?|Tim Mak|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Second offenses would be punished by banishment…that could be appealed after one year.
Was Firing Ray Rice The Right Move?|Caitlin Dickson|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hard to say if the banishment will make any impact on the outcome on the medal stand.
The Olympics Are Already Two Days Old. This Is Your Test.|Kevin Bleyer|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Conservatives know deep down that they have to toe the line or risk banishment.
The Right’s Scandal Hypocrisy|Michael Tomasky|May 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“I truly thought my banishment would only last for a month or so,” she writes.
‘Banished’ Lauren Drain on Growing Up in the Westboro Baptist Church|David Sessions|March 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
George I assented to the bill for the banishment of bishop Atterbury, whose great virtues are now remembered.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The first banishment for contravention of this regulation took place on January 6, 1905.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Hadria was incorrigibly flippant about the banishment of important local subjects.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
He forbade his subjects, under pain of banishment, to rake up the old causes of dispute.
Belgium|George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
In the fourth, they provide banishment, and death in case of return, for Jesuits and Popish priests of every denomination.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2|Egerton Ryerson

British Dictionary definitions for banish

banish

/ (ˈbænɪʃ) /

verb (tr)

to expel from a place, esp by an official decree as a punishment

to drive awayto banish gloom

Derived forms of banish

banishment, noun

Word Origin for banish

C14: from Old French banir, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German ban

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