All 5 Uses

banish
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
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If you will listen, I will tell you a story—one whose ghosts cannot be banished by the comfort of a roaring fire.†
Chpt 8

banished = expelled or gotten rid of
And then I'm off to sleep, banishing it from my mind.†
Chpt 8 *

banishing = expelling or getting rid of
These are banished to the Winterlands, a realm of fire and ice and shadows.†
Chpt 13

banished = expelled or gotten rid of
They will make you a slave for power if you do not know how to use and banish them as the elders do.†
Chpt 13

banish = expel or get rid of
How do you propose to banish it?†
Chpt 25

Definitions:

(1) (banish)
to expel or get rid of
in various senses, including:
- to force someone to leave a country as punishment
- to push an idea from the mind
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)