Banish - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbænɪʃ|  American pronunciation of the word banish
Brit.  |ˈbænɪʃ|  British pronunciation of the word banish

verb

- expel from a community or group (syn: ban, blackball, cast out, ostracize, shun)
- ban from a place of residence, as for punishment (syn: ban)
- expel, as if by official decree (syn: bar, relegate)
he was banished from his own country
- drive away
banish bad thoughts
banish gloom

Extra examples

He was banished for life.

The dictator banished anyone who opposed him.

I was banished to a distant corridor.

Thousands were banished to Siberia.

They tried to banish the memory from their minds.

A common punishment in Roman times was to banish a criminal from Rome.

He was banished to a small island for ten years.

They used force to banish the natives from the more fertile land.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: banish
he/she/it: banishes
present participle: banishing
past tense: banished
past participle: banished
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