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- pronunciation:
- bae
nihsh
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
banishes, banishing, banished |
| definition 1: |
to cast (someone) permanently out of a country by official action.
He was banished from the country for his part in antigovernment demonstrations.- synonyms:
- exile, expatriate, expel, ostracize, send to Coventry
- similar words:
- deport, disenfranchise, disfranchise, excommunicate, oust, relegate, transport
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| definition 2: |
to force out or away.
She banished from her mind all thoughts of failure.- synonyms:
- discard, dismiss, eradicate, exile, expel, oust
- antonyms:
- engender
- similar words:
- ban, bar, cashier, drum out, eject, evict, exclude, forbid, ostracize, prohibit, reject, relegate, rid, run out, transport
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| related words: |
anathematize, blackball, blacklist, displace, eliminate, exile, expel |
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| derivation: |
banishment (n.) |
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