banish

[Ban·ish]

To banish is to get rid of. Think very carefully before you banish someone from your group. Someday, you may want that person around again.

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To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.

Verb
drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"

Verb
expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"

Verb
expel from a community or group

Verb
ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

v. t.
To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.

v. t.
To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of.

v. t.
To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel.

Banish

Ban"ish , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banished(); p. pr. & vb. n. Banishing.] [OF. banir, F. bannir, LL. bannire, fr. OHG. bannan to summon, fr. ban ban. See Ban an edict, and Finish, v. t.] 1. To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power. "We banish you our territories." Shak. 2. To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of.

How the ancient Celtic tongue came to be banished from the Low Countries in Scotland.

3. To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel. "Banish all offense." Shak. Syn. -- To Banish, Exile, Expel. The idea of a coercive removal from a place is common to these terms. A man is banished when he is forced by the government of a country (be he a foreigner or a native) to leave its borders. A man is exiled when he is driven into banishment from his native country and home. Thus to exile is to banish, but to banish is not always to exile. To expel is to eject or banish, summarily or authoritatively, and usually under circumstances of disgrace; as, to expel from a college; expelled from decent society.

To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.

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Usage Examples

I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

Let us banish fear.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world.

It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.

May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!