Banish

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English

Verb

Banish (third-person singular simple present banishes, present participle banishing, simple past and past participle banished)

  1. To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
  2. To expel, especially from the mind.

Adverbs for Banish

utterly; effectually; everlastingly; perpetually; dishonorably; eternally; inescapably; deservedly; ultimately; reluctantly; cruelly.

Synonyms for Banish

exile, put out, proscribe, ostracize, expatriate, expel, oust, dismiss, debar.

Antonyms for Banish

repatriate, forgive.

Thesaurus

ban, blackball, blacklist, boycott, bump, can, cashier, cast out, cut, debar, deport, discharge, disfellowship, dismiss, displace, drive away, drive out, eject, evict, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, extradite, fire, fugitate, lag, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, put out, reject, relegate, run out, rusticate, sack, send away, send down, send to Coventry, shut out, snub, spurn, thrust out, transport, turn out

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