To banish is to get rid of. Think very carefully before you banish someone from your group. Someday, you may want that person around again.
To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.
Verb
drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"
Verb
expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"
Verb
expel from a community or group
Verb
ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
v. t.
To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country,
by authority of the ruling power.
v. t.
To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used
with from and out of.
v. t.
To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel.
Banish
How the ancient Celtic tongue came to be banished from the Low Countries in Scotland.3.
To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.
Usage Examples
I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.
Let us banish fear.
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Other Usage ExamplesIt is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world.
It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.
May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!