banishes

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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This World Cup win at least banishes one of Egypt's ghosts.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Daddy forces them to hand him their company and banishes Jimmy to the Latitude mailroom.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

It banishes darkness, conveys telecommunications signals between continents and makes visible the invisible, from faraway galaxies to the smallest bacterium.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

This is the moment each year in which I go wild with asparagus, kale, peas, dill — anything that banishes the blasé gray of a New York winter.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2023

And then something happens that banishes even that mystery from my head.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse