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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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This major win, surely, banishes such a notion.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2024

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

But Rama soon hears that his subjects are gossiping about Sita’s purity and banishes her to the forest once more — this time alone, while pregnant.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2023

In one sense, it banishes distraction and demands that we focus our scattered attentions on the sacrifices made across generations of American service members.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021

And then something happens that banishes even that mystery from my head.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse