banishes

VERB

expel from place or situation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dismiss dispel drive away eject eliminate eradicate evict exclude exile get rid of isolate ostracize oust outlaw relegate remove

STRONG

ban deport discard discharge dislodge excommunicate expatriate proscribe rusticate sequester transport

WEAK

cast out expulse extradict shake off shut out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accept admit allow fix hold include incorporate keep plant take in welcome

STRONG

permit

Example Sentences

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Plan′isher, a thin flat-ended tool used for smoothing tin-plate and brasswork: a workman who planishes, esp. one who prepares copper-plates for engravers; Plan′isphere, a sphere projected on a plane.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various