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banish
('b/&/n/I//S/ )

verb (v)

  • expel from a community or group(verb.social)
    source: wordnet30
  • ban from a place of residence, as for punishment(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    ban
    source: wordnet30
  • expel, as if by official decree(verb.social)
    Example:
    He was banished from his own country.
    Synonym:
    bar, relegate
    source: wordnet30
  • drive away(verb.motion)
    Example:
    Banish bad thoughts.
    Banish gloom.
    source: wordnet30
  • To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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