BANISHING Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

banishing

verb

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present participle of banish

as in exiling

to force to leave a country in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands

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as in dismissing

to drive or force out permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center

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Recent Examples of banishing Latz has picked up the past four saves for Texas, banishing Jakob Junis to a supporting role. —

Andy Behrens, New York Times, 11 May 2026 Angels could be seen all around — some on the walls depicting Moses' life and death, and another above, on Michelangelo’s fresco, banishing Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. —

ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026 Was banishing Natalie Anderson Tara’s ultimate undoing? —

Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026 Imagine banishing stuffed animals from the living room, corralling all the toy cars outside the main bedroom, and finally finding a place for that play kitchen that isn’t your actual kitchen. —

Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 11 Feb. 2026 Should the punishment be a life sentence banishing Belichick from the Hall? —

Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026 Dell is her stream's dungeon master, banishing those who don't abide by her terms and steadily rising up the platform's ranks with her sympathetic story and angry-funny screen presence. —

Danielle Parker, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026 In fact, breathable bags of activated charcoal are one of Palmer's go-to tools for banishing bad smells. —

Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 22 Jan. 2026 But his former mentor isn’t ready to absolve him, banishing Langdon to triage in a transparent act of avoidance. —

Judy Berman, Time, 8 Jan. 2026

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The anti-Zionist project of ending Israel’s existence as a Jewish state implies killing, subjugating, or re-exiling more than half of the world’s Jewish population.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Ruthlessly exiling those players sent a clear message about the importance of squad harmony, but arguably handed the leverage in negotiations to buying clubs, driving down their prices and delaying their departures.

— James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025