to banish
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6.3
- verb
- /ˈbænɪʃ/
:
desterrar
- "And maybe his first royal decree "will be to banish everyone who ever picked on him."
- banished from the land
- banished from the court
- banished men
So instead he banished me here to Saint Pete.
- So instead he banished me here to Saint Pete.
- His Noble Highness Burger King hereby banishes from the realm all reusable trays.
- The unsolied leave the continent, yet John is banished to the North.
- After you banished me, I made a solemn vow never to return.
- That's it said, you know, I'm, I'm sorry that I banished you from my life, man, man.
- And he's going to end up bringing in Ariakta to banish him.
- Helvidius Priscius gets banished and executed.
- You both summon Beetlejuice by saying his name three times and you banish him three times.
- If you're in the circle in the village around the campfire and you offend the chief and they banish you from the tribe, you're going to die.
Examples
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After you banished me, I made a solemn vow never to return.
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The seren had learned of it and banished her from the city.
Fiction book (1994) -
And right there, they voted to banish him from Oregon.
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I was seven years old when I was sent away from home, banished, taken away.
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One day you are going to have to be OK with being banished for a long time.
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So instead he banished me here to Saint Pete.
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But Henry has separated from her and banished her from court.
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Until then, you are banished until you satisfy this requirement.
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I say, with all due respect, that they should all be banished to the infernal kitchen.
Fiction book (1995) -
The council decided to banish the members who broke the rules for good.
Synonyms
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5.0
Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order
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5.5
To force someone to leave a country for legal or political reasons
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5.6
To force someone to leave their country, often for political reasons
32
4.2
Force someone to leave a place
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6.2
Force someone to leave a group or place because others reject them
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9.3
To officially stop someone from being a member of a church as punishment
1
4.0
To force someone to leave a place, group or job
To force someone or something to go away
Antonyms
How Severe
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5.6
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6.3
194
5.0
- US
31
7.7
- Informal
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6.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word banish comes from the old root ban, which meant 'a public order' or 'to forbid' and is the same root as the common word ban. So to banish someone was to have them 'ordered' away, which is why it now means to force someone to leave and not return.