had been banishing

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of banish.
  banish

  verb (used with object)

  to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile.

Related Words

• dismiss
• dispel
• drive away
• eject
• eliminate
• eradicate
• evict
• exclude
• exile
• get rid of
• isolate
• ostracize
• oust
• outlaw
• relegate
• remove