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banish

[ban-ish] / ˈbæn ɪʃ /
VERB
expel from place or situation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dismiss dispel drive away eject eliminate eradicate evict exclude exile get rid of isolate ostracize oust outlaw relegate remove
STRONG
ban deport discard discharge dislodge excommunicate expatriate proscribe rusticate sequester transport
WEAK
cast out expulse extradict shake off shut out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
accept admit allow fix hold include incorporate keep plant take in welcome
STRONG
permit

Example Sentences

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He also claims that the prince fears that his brother, the future king, "could remove all the Sussexes' titles and effectively banish him from Britain".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Moments later Cronin was grabbing the kid’s shirt and leading him to the baseline, where he ordered an assistant coach to remove him from the court area and banish him to the locker room.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

“The Traitors’ plan is to banish Ron, but I don’t have that in me .

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

The European Union and the trans-Atlantic community sought to create a rules-based international order of democratic states to banish such horrors from the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Please banish Gogolev’s appalling verses from your mind at once.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.