banished; banishing; banishes
1
: to require by authority to leave a country
a dictator who banishes anyone who opposes him
2
: to drive out or remove from a home or place of usual resort or continuance
He was banished from court.
banishing her from the sport
The reporters were banished to another room.
3
: to clear away : dispel
his discovery banishes anxiety—
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banisher
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Examples of banish in a Sentence
He was banished for life.
The dictator banished anyone who opposed him.
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Tribal leaders had banished Chasing Horse in 2015 from the reservation amid allegations of human trafficking.
—CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
Those found guilty of habitual funny cowboy dancing are either executed or banished to the Desolate Zone, where they are forced to get jobs and raise families.
—Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Their hits got banished from the radio, never to return until now.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2024
Whichever designer first slid that paint job across a boardroom table should be banished forthwith to work on the Sonigenic SHS-series Yamaha Keytar, where there's no chance this dangerously inept individual could make the product look any worse.
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2024
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CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
Those found guilty of habitual funny cowboy dancing are either executed or banished to the Desolate Zone, where they are forced to get jobs and raise families.
—Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Their hits got banished from the radio, never to return until now.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2024
Whichever designer first slid that paint job across a boardroom table should be banished forthwith to work on the Sonigenic SHS-series Yamaha Keytar, where there's no chance this dangerously inept individual could make the product look any worse.
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Banish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banish. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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