| Front | banish |
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| Back | ban‧ish /ˈbænɪʃ/ verb [transitive] 1to not allow someone or something to stay in a particular place banish somebody/something from/to something I was banished to a distant corridor. 2to send someone away permanently from their country or the area where they live, especially as an official punishment SYN exile banish somebody from/to Thousands were banished to Siberia. 3 literary to try to stop thinking about something or someone banish the memory/thought/image etc (of somebody/something) They tried to banish the memory from their minds. —banishment noun [uncountable] |
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