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banish
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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- Hugh's insects swarmed and stung people until they were banished from the house, after which Hugh spent all his time at the window, his bees screening the other side of the glass.†
p. 272.6banished = expelled or gotten rid of
- I'm banished if I try to leave.†
p. 282.3 *
- "If we all go," Emma reasoned, "the Bird won't be able to banish Jacob.†
p. 284.8banish = expel or get rid of
- She'll have to banish all four of us.†
p. 284.9
- "But I don't want to be banished!" said Bronwyn.†
p. 284.9banished = expelled or gotten rid of
- But one look at my friends, their faces etched with worry, banished any temptation.†
p. 297.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(banish) 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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)