1
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
For Removing Mildew & Musty Smells If your clothes have a mildewy, musty smell, then vinegar can save the day by banishing these unwanted odors.
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 14 June 2026
This year’s sequel climaxes with Grace hijacking her second wedding to a Satanic heir by killing him and banishing his oligarchical cabal to hell.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 May 2026
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
Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 14 June 2026
This year’s sequel climaxes with Grace hijacking her second wedding to a Satanic heir by killing him and banishing his oligarchical cabal to hell.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 May 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banishing
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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
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Another weird thing is that one person, a high-ranking member of Atomwaffen, who tried to preach for exiling Roman from all these National Socialist circles, one day disappeared.—
Harper’s Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Media covered the story briefly before dismissing it as youthful overreaction or isolated activism.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Mirren is dismissing talk that there is a beef between the costars.—
Derek Lawrence,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 June 2026
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Though the team attempted to dismiss the controversy with that response, Agrest noted that the statement did not include an apology for relegating the Spanish-language broadcasters in favor of their English-speaking counterparts.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Decades ago, two six-year-olds went missing for thirty-six hours, sparking a media frenzy that they had been briefly abducted by UFOs but eventually relegating them to a pop cultural punchline.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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And days earlier, three US F-15 fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, with all crew members ejecting safely.—
Todd Symons,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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Just over 30 days after safely ejecting during the friendly fire incident, the pilot was on a mission over Iran when the jet was hit by a surface-to-air missile, prompting a daring rescue operation.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
2 June 2026
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Trump has long expressed interest in deporting certain foreigners or depriving them of certain rights and benefits.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 May 2026
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Around the same time, the Pakistani government stopped renewing the visas of Afghan refugees and began deporting them by the hundreds of thousands.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2026
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What happens next will be telling—OpenAI and Anthropic are chasing each other to public debuts that are looking increasingly inevitable.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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Rather than chasing extremes, designers focused on pieces that blend ease with elegance—sharp tailoring, versatile layering, and elevated separates designed for real-life wear and tear.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
15 June 2026
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The garment also absorbs heats, carrying it away from the spacesuit's life-support system, expelling it into space.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Rockets generate propulsive force, also known as thrust, by expelling high-velocity exhaust in a rearward stream.—
Kai James,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
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Just months into the pandemic, Matthew Haines, like landlords across the country, learned he was barred from evicting tenants who didn’t pay their rent under a federal eviction moratoriumthat lasted almost a year — costing him and his investors over $1 million.—
Michael Casey,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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Prasad, at the time of the filing, claimed that the property owner had signed a lease that prevents them from evicting the campus.—
CBS Chicago Team,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Banishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banishing. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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