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- DictionaryBan·ish/ˈbaniSH/
verb
- 1. send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment: "they were banished to Siberia for political crimes"
1. : to require by authority to leave a country. a dictator who banishes anyone who opposes him. 2. : to drive out or remove from a home or place of usual resort or continuance. He was banished from court. banishing her from the sport. The reporters were banished to another room. 3. : to clear away : dispel.
to send someone away, especially from their country, and not allow them to come back: He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year. They were banished (= sent out) from the library for making a noise. to get rid of something completely: Try to banish all thoughts of revenge from your mind.
to send someone away, especially from their country, and not allow them to come back: He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year. They were banished (= sent out) from the library for making a noise. to get rid of something completely: Try to banish all thoughts of revenge from your mind.
1. To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile: The spy was found guilty of treason and banished from the country. 2. To drive away; expel: We banished all our doubts and fears. [Middle English banishen, from Old French banir, baniss-, of Germanic origin; see bhā- in Indo-European roots .] ban′ish·er n. ban′ish·ment n.
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.
Banish definition: to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile. See examples of BANISH used in a sentence.
1. to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile. He was banished to Devil's Island. 2. to compel to depart; send, drive, or put away. to banish sorrow. SYNONYMS 1. exile, expatriate, outlaw; deport. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Definition of banish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
BANISH meaning: 1. to send someone away from a place, often as a punishment: 2. to make yourself stop thinking…. Learn more.
Synonyms for BANISH: exile, relegate, deport, evict, transport, eliminate, displace, expel; Antonyms of BANISH: receive, accept, admit, repatriate, naturalize, take in, entertain, shelter.
