- present tense form of banish (3rd person singular).
banishes
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This World Cup win at least banishes one of Egypt's ghosts.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Daddy forces them to hand him their company and banishes Jimmy to the Latitude mailroom.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
It banishes darkness, conveys telecommunications signals between continents and makes visible the invisible, from faraway galaxies to the smallest bacterium.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
This is the moment each year in which I go wild with asparagus, kale, peas, dill — anything that banishes the blasé gray of a New York winter.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
And then something happens that banishes even that mystery from my head.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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