banish
Example Sentences
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We should banish it, because I’ve learned the hard way that it’s too abstract.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Peter Stolypin, one of the most accomplished Russian statesmen of the era, loathed Rasputin but couldn’t convince the czar to banish him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
He also claims that the prince fears that his brother, the future king, "could remove all the Sussexes' titles and effectively banish him from Britain".
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Moments later Cronin was grabbing the kid’s shirt and leading him to the baseline, where he ordered an assistant coach to remove him from the court area and banish him to the locker room.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
There was nothing to cool or banish love in these circumstances, though much to create despair.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing banish
100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students, List 6
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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