1
as in to exile
to force to leave a country
in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands
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as in to out
to drive or force out
permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center
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Recent Examples of banish
Julius Randle has been banished to NBA Siberia (Brooklyn).
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Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
26 June 2026
The panel supports smooth, competitive esports gameplay with a fast 165Hz refresh rate and a 1ms response time, together banishing motion blur.
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Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
26 June 2026
The Davines Heart of Glass Silkening Shampoo is a toning shampoo for blonde and gray hair that gently clarifies and banishes brassiness.
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Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
25 June 2026
Where old wet-dry vacuums can harbor a musty smell, this one’s self-cleaning and heated drying abilities has banished the issue altogether.
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Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
25 June 2026
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Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
26 June 2026
The panel supports smooth, competitive esports gameplay with a fast 165Hz refresh rate and a 1ms response time, together banishing motion blur.
—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
26 June 2026
The Davines Heart of Glass Silkening Shampoo is a toning shampoo for blonde and gray hair that gently clarifies and banishes brassiness.
—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
25 June 2026
Where old wet-dry vacuums can harbor a musty smell, this one’s self-cleaning and heated drying abilities has banished the issue altogether.
—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
25 June 2026
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Nicaragua’s government has also imprisoned adversaries, religious leaders, journalists and more, then exiled them, stripping hundreds of their citizenship and possessions.
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Unmoored from the family unit, and inflated by success and ambition, she is left to roam the rainy hills like a beast that has exiled itself from conventional society.
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Soon-to-be teenager Prince George looked all grown up on a rare mother-son outing with Princess Kate.
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Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid, trainer Rick Burkholder, and general manager Brett Veach were outed by their tailor, who went online to brag about fitting their suits.
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So why did the filmmakers behind this cinematic reboot of DC‘s female answer to Superman relegate poor Krypto, who was such a big part of making last year’s Superman so much fun, to a mere cameo?
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They were relegated the following campaign, but finished second in the Championship last season to head back to the Premier League.
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In April, the Superior Court dismissed the three citations Hubbard received in May 2025 when no park ranger or city attorney appeared for the prosecution, his lawsuit states.
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Freeney did not dismiss the business side of the arrangement.
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In the month of May, the US deported 1,746 Venezuelans according to ICE Flight Monitor.
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Hernández said that her husband was detained during an ICE check-in and that even though he was told a judge would review his case, he was deported Wednesday.
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Firefighters said one of the victims was ejected from one of the vehicles.
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Six months earlier, observers believed the space plane had ejected six objects at once, but those were later determined to be debris left over from launch.
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Landlords in Durban and Johannesburg also evicted foreign tenants illegally to avoid further trouble, witnesses alleged.
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The ordinance would require landlords to provide a valid reason before evicting a tenant or declining to renew their lease.
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Ten plus years chasing this championship – never got the recognition.
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In one incident, a child set off bear spray in a crowd; in another, officers recovered a gun after chasing a youth, police said.
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“Banish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banish. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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