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Banish

//ˈbænɪʃ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning. transitive

    "He was banished from the kingdom for his crimes."

  2. 2
    drive away wordnet
  3. 3
    To expel, especially from the mind. transitive

    "to banish fear; to banish a qualm"

  4. 4
    expel, as if by official decree wordnet
  5. 5
    expel from a community or group wordnet
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  1. 6
    ban from a place of residence, as for punishment wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English banishen, from Old French baniss-, extended stem of banir (“to proclaim, ban, banish”), of Germanic origin and Old English bannan, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“curse, forbid”). Compare French bannir. Doublet of ban.

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