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[ verb ] expel from a community or group
Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)You know the law : if you lose the debate after accepting a challenge , you will be banished '' ! `` Monsieur_Favre indicated that if I would co-operate , after you and William are banished , following the debate , I will be given a place of influence '' . `` That I would rather be banished with two such Christians than be made the Chief_Syndic '' ! Related terms |
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[ verb ] expel, as if by official decree
Examples "he was banished from his own country" Used in print (Time magazine, 77:3...)Refrigeration , automated processing and packaging conspire to defy season and banish spoilage . Related terms |
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[ verb ] ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
Synonyms Used in print (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)The Jews had been banished from England in 1290 and were not permitted to return before 1655 , when Shakespeare had been dead for thirty-nine years . |
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[ verb ] drive away
Examples : "banish bad thoughts" "banish gloom" Used in print (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)I lived in this onward driving contest where each day overcame a new difficulty , gained a new truth , or banished a previous error '' . Related terms |
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