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banishing

verb , present participle of banish

Synonyms and Antonyms of banishing

1 to force to leave a country

in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands

Synonyms of banishing

deporting, displacing, exiling, expatriating, relegating, transporting

Words Related to banishing

casting out, dismissing, ejecting, eliminating, evicting, excluding, expelling, expulsing, kicking out, ousting, running out, throwing out

excommunicating, ostracizing, rejecting, repudiating, spurning

Near Antonyms of banishing

naturalizing, repatriating

accepting, admitting, receiving, taking in

entertaining, harboring, housing, sheltering

2 to drive or force out

permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center

Synonyms of banishing

booting (out), bouncing, casting out, chasing, dismissing, drumming (out), ejecting, expelling, extruding, kicking out, ousting, outing, routing, running off, throwing out, turfing (out) [chiefly British], turning out

Words Related to banishing

deforcing, deporting, displacing, dispossessing, evicting, exiling, expatriating, ostracizing, reading out, shutting out

axing, canning, cashiering, defenestrating, discharging, firing, mustering out, pink-slipping, releasing, removing, retiring, sacking, terminating

Phrases Synonymous with banishing

giving one the gate [slang], sending packing

Near Antonyms of banishing

accepting, admitting, receiving, taking, taking in

entertaining, harboring, housing, lodging, sheltering

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