banish

[US]/ˈbænɪʃ/
[UK]/ˈbænɪʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. expel, drive away.

Phrases & Collocations

banish negative thoughts

banish bad habits

banish fear

banish evil spirits

banish loneliness

banish doubts

banish distractions

banish negative influences

Example Sentences

banish (sth.) from memory

She was banished from China.

Banish that thought from your mind.

We banished all our doubts and fears.

was convicted of heresy and banished from the kingdom.

He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year.

The vagabonds were banished from the train station.

all thoughts of romance were banished from her head.

switched on a table lamp to banish the gloom of a winter afternoon.

fresh air and exercise, she generally found, could banish most megrims.

all the Bonapartes were banished from France in perpetuity.

The king banished his wife from his bed.

He was banished from this country under pain of death.

they banish our anger forever when they laurel the graves of our dead.

The king, insulted by this homely simile, banishes the youngest daughter and divides his kingdom between the older two, who promptly kick him out on his royal heinie.

17 The service and tax that governors impose on people get more and more heavy.The escaper is punished by very inappropriate ways.Many people are banished to the frontier of country or killed.

Real-world Examples

These feelings are normal, and you'll never truly banish them.

Source: Crash Course Learning Edition

" Please, sir...why have the other centaurs banished you? "

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

He was banished from the city forever.

Source: Kung Fu Panda 2

Yet even a perfect scientific model could not banish all uncertainty.

Source: The Economist - Finance

Here's your laundry. I rescind your strikes and you are no longer banished.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 2

Like I don' know. An' bangin' on about some banshee he banished.

Source: 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

An' bangin' on about some banshee he banished.

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The sundial, he was banished in a sundial.

Source: Villains' Tea Party

Until, finally, I banished Kai to the spirit realm.

Source: Kung Fu Panda 3

Obey or be banished from the party.

Source: Stranger Things Season 1

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