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banishban‧ish /ˈbænɪʃ/ ●○○ verb [transitive]  banishOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French banir VERB TABLEbanish |
Present | I, you, we, they | banish | | he, she, it | banishes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | banished | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have banished | | he, she, it | has banished | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had banished | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will banish | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have banished |
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Present | I | am banishing | | he, she, it | is banishing | | you, we, they | are banishing | Past | I, he, she, it | was banishing | | you, we, they | were banishing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been banishing | | he, she, it | has been banishing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been banishing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be banishing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been banishing |
- Napoleon was banished to the island of St Helena in 1815.
- The study should banish any doubts about women's ability to handle the pressures of business.
- All such speculations were banished by the sight that met his eyes as they followed the Doctor's pointing finger.
- Government regulation did not end inequality or banish corporate influence in politics.
- That partly explains why he was banished at the insistence of the United States and replaced by Annan.
- The only way to banish the bogeyman was to look him in the eye without flinching.
- Then there followed four episodes that banished his depression.
- We think we know it all now, and banish our far-flung ideas from this world into Space.
to make someone leave a country► expel to make a foreigner leave a country because they have broken the law, or for political reasons: · The new government banned books, seized passports, expelled foreigners, and legalized detention without trial.expel from: · Two foreign diplomats were expelled form Ethiopia on March 31. ► deport if the authorities in a country deport a foreign person or a member of a particular race who is living in that country, they force them to leave: deport to: · The man has been deported back to the Irish Republic where he will face terrorism charges.deport from: · Several football supporters were deported from Italy during the World Cup. ► extradite to officially send someone back to another country where they are believed to have committed a crime, in order to be tried in a court of law: · The drug baron was extradited to the United States from Colombia.· Spanish authorities are seeking to have the couple extradited to answer further charges. ► repatriate to officially send someone back to their home country, often by force and against their will: · Italy is using military helicopters to repatriate 292 Albanian refugees.· There was to be a cease-fire, and all prisoners of war were to be repatriated. ► exile/send into exile to make someone leave their country for political reasons, for example because they oppose the government and are fighting against it: · The leader of the coup was exiled and the others imprisoned.· The Prince and his family were sent into exile after the revolution. ► banish to send someone away permanently from their country or from the area where they live, as an official punishment: banish to: · Napoleon was banished to the island of St Helena in 1815. ► Citizenshipbanish, verbbill of rights, nounbirthright, nounburgher, nouncrown colony, noundefect, verbdemocracy, noundeport, verbdeportee, noundisplaced person, nounelectorate, noungreen card, nounID, nounID card, nounidentification, nounidentity card, nounillegal, nounillegal immigrant, nounimmigration, nounnational, nounnationality, nounnon-resident, nounpatriot, nounpublic, adjectiverefugee, nounregister, verbrepatriate, verbsponsor, nounstateless, adjectivesubject, nounvassal, noun ► banish the memory/thought/image etc (of somebody/something) They tried to banish the memory from their minds. NOUN► image· She thrust her eyes open, as if she would banish the image from them.· We grew up in a heterosexual culture which banishes positive images of homosexuality. ► memory· He ruthlessly banished that memory as well, concentrating on the rest.· Yet, even doing something she so loved, she couldn't quite banish the memories. ► thought· Psychology: The War Altar exudes raw power which banishes all thought of fear or panic.· He needed to banish Mariana from his thoughts.· Before she could be sure his mouth covered hers, banishing thought, leaving nothing but feeling.· The birth of his boy had banished all thought of useless activities. VERB► try· So try to banish any such doubts in this crucial period.· She tried to banish the humiliation to the back of her mind, but it was worse than the physical pain. 1to not allow someone or something to stay in a particular placebanish 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 exilebanish somebody from/to Thousands were banished to Siberia.3 literary to try to stop thinking about something or someonebanish the memory/thought/image etc (of somebody/something) They tried to banish the memory from their minds.—banishment noun [uncountable] |