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Definition
to expel or get rid ofin various senses, including:
- to force someone to leave a country as punishment
- to push an idea from the mind
- He was banished from his own country.
banished = forced to leave
- I tried to banish the thought from my mind.
- You must banish all doubt from your mind.
- Romeo is banished.William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet
- I was banished from the living room when they came, but listened all the same, sitting on the steps in the darkened foyer.Homer Hickam -- October Sky
- He wants you banished from Pakistan.Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin -- Three Cups of Tea
- The miserable knot in his chest loosened slightly with the relief of Knowing he was not yet definitely expelled, though his fears were by no means banished.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- They were supposed to be practicing the opposite of the Summoning Charm today — the Banishing Charm.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- The priest banished him from church, where he rarely went anyway.Tracy Kidder -- Strength in What Remains
- Chen's death cast a pall over the mountain as rumors of the accident spread from tent to tent, but thirty-three climbers would be departing for the summit in a few short hours, and the gloom was quickly banished by nervous anticipation of what lay ahead.Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
- Tybalt is dead, and Romeo banished.William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet
- The coaches who had come to Briarcrest to woo Michael Oher also had trouble banishing him from their thoughts.Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side
- To be banished from this place seemed really unfair.Rick Riordan -- The Lightning Thief
- When that control was violated—or perceived to have been violated—Luma's reflex, it seemed, was to banish the violator.Warren St. John -- Outcasts United
- But were you banish'd for so small a fault?William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Do you know that men are sometimes banished for life?Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart
- Maybe he had a girlfriend who really believed he would come back .... But then I think of Rue's still body and I'm able to banish the boy from my mind.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- As soon as he signed on, however, all thoughts of geometry were banished.Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game
- But talk banished the somberness.John Howard Griffin -- Black Like Me
- him keep with, the rest banish.William Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 1
banish = get rid of
banish = get rid of
banished = forced to leave the community
banished = expelled (kicked out or not permitted in)
banished = expelled or gotten rid of
banished = eliminated (gone entirely)
banishing = getting rid of something
banished = expelled (or told him he was not welcome to come)
banished = eliminated (gotten rid of)
banished = expelled from the community
banishing = eliminating (getting rid of)
banished = expelled (kicked out)
banish = expel or get rid of
banish'd = expelled (forced to leave) from a country or community
(editor's note: This is more commonly spelled banished.)
banished = expelled or gotten rid of
banish = eliminate (get rid of)
banished = expelled or gotten rid of (from his mind)
banish = expel or get rid of — especially a person from a country or community