1
as in exiled
to force to leave a country
in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands
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as in dismissed
to drive or force out
permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center
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Recent Examples of banished
Disruption and sadness shall be banished.
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Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
The girl only makes selfless wishes, and Iblis is banished to his lamp for a millennia for his failure.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Payton clearly doesn't think the play needs to banished for player safety reasons.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Whether or not Alice lived happily ever after, Gertrude seems to have done so, at least once her devils were banished by inscrutability.
—Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
There’s even a little Kurosawa — from all the stages of his career — in the feudal set-up; while the decadent emperor Kisra (Ben Kingsley) holds court, his enemies are banished.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
The season finale of House of Guinness opens with Patrick Cochrane — the Fenian Brotherhood leader who Edward had banished to New York — secretly returning to Ireland, with both an axe to grind against the Guinnesses and a perilous political mission to carry out.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
There was magic when Patrick Bailey banished Tanner Scott’s fastball into the Oracle Park bleachers, a walk-off grand slam to stun the Dodgers.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
At the end of each challenge, the player who comes in last is banished.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
The girl only makes selfless wishes, and Iblis is banished to his lamp for a millennia for his failure.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Payton clearly doesn't think the play needs to banished for player safety reasons.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Whether or not Alice lived happily ever after, Gertrude seems to have done so, at least once her devils were banished by inscrutability.
—Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
There’s even a little Kurosawa — from all the stages of his career — in the feudal set-up; while the decadent emperor Kisra (Ben Kingsley) holds court, his enemies are banished.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
The season finale of House of Guinness opens with Patrick Cochrane — the Fenian Brotherhood leader who Edward had banished to New York — secretly returning to Ireland, with both an axe to grind against the Guinnesses and a perilous political mission to carry out.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
There was magic when Patrick Bailey banished Tanner Scott’s fastball into the Oracle Park bleachers, a walk-off grand slam to stun the Dodgers.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
At the end of each challenge, the player who comes in last is banished.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banished
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Born in Santiago, Chile, in 1948, Vicuña was exiled from her native country in the early 1970s following the violent military coup that ousted President Salvador Allende.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
10 Oct. 2025
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In Sacramento and San Diego, Democrats reign supreme, holding every office and legislative supermajorities so entrenched that opposing views have been exiled.—
John H Bolthouse,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Amid speculation about why Brandy abruptly left the concert — Monica immediately dismissed any possible bad blood by shouting out Brandy when the show continued — the singer explained in a statement Sunday morning that she was forced to exit due to health issues.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
19 Oct. 2025
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And chronic detainee hunger is often dismissed by inspectors, as long as the menus are certified as nutritionally adequate.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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The injury is also expected to give Kaiir Elam a start on the outside after he had been relegated to rotational duty in the past two weeks.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Oct. 2025
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While Butler was relegated to watching the game in street clothes, the volume-shooting Hield suited up.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
18 Oct. 2025
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He was also ejected from a game in November against the Packers for targeting and fined $20,256 for flipping off opposing fans.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Branch was ejected in a game against Green Bay in 2024 for a helmet-to-helmet hit on running back Bo Melton.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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None of us knew when we would be deported.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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His brother was later deported.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Leafs chased the Kraken around the Toronto zone for extended periods, failing to control play as Stolarz tried and mostly excelled in keeping his team in it.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Local news channels later reported that the vehicles had chased the man after a raid at a nearby car wash.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Now, Khalid is telling People that being outed, and subsequently being open about his queerness, has had a huge mark on his artistry.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
6 Oct. 2025
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Last year, the singer-songwriter was outed by an ex on social media.—
Jeff Nelson,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Then, just like a conventional chemical rocket, this propellant is transformed into a hot gas and expelled out of a nozzle, blasting the rocket forward.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
15 Oct. 2025
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Qudwa left the West Bank in 2021 after he was expelled from Fatah, the movement founded by his uncle, over his decision to field his own list in elections, defying Abbas who cancelled the vote.—
Tom Perry,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Banished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banished. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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