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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 '' !

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[ verb ] expel, as if by official decree

Synonyms

bar relegate

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

expel spike relegation

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[ verb ] ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

Synonyms

ban

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 .

Related terms

expel rusticate

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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

chase_away

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