BANISH


Meaning of BANISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bænɪʃ ]

( banishes, banishing, banished)

1.

If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.

I was banished to the small bedroom upstairs...

They tried to banish him from politics.

= expel

VERB : be V-ed from/to n , V n from/to n

2.

If you banish something unpleasant, you get rid of it.

...a public investment programme intended to banish the recession.

VERB : V n

3.

If you banish the thought of something, you stop thinking about it.

He has now banished all thoughts of retirement...

The past few days had been banished from his mind.

VERB : V n , be V-ed from/to n

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