ˈbanish, -ēsh, esp in pres part -əsh transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
Etymology: Middle English banishen, from baniss-, stem of Middle French banir, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German ban command, prohibition — more at ban
1.
a. : to require (a person) by authority to leave especially his own country or the country in which he is staying
political foes banished by the dictator
b. : to forbid (a person) to frequent a certain area, group or class
banish from court
banish newsmen from the captured city
c. : to send (a person) away often in a summary manner : dismiss
stood confronting her visitor as though to banish her from the house — Robert Grant †1940
2.
a. : to remove especially from a significant or dominant position : depose
genetic theories … are to be banished from Russian laboratories — Collier's Year Book
the … towboat is fighting the railroad that banished the packet boat — Murray Schumach
b. : to do away with or cast out especially in a retributive, truculent, or vindictive manner
the club signified its displeasure by banishing his portrait from the library — American Guide Series: New York City
the gray squirrels will entirely banish the old red ones — Lord Dunsany
3. : to clear away : dissipate , dispel
a smudge to banish mosquitoes — B.A.Williams
literacy … will banish the desperation on which communism feeds — Jerome Ellison
anesthesia has done much to banish the fear of operations
Synonyms:
banish , exile , expatriate , ostracize , deport , transport , and extradite mean, in common, to remove by force or authority from a country, state, or sovereignty. To banish is usually to compel, usually by public edict or sentence, to leave and stay out of a country or section, although not necessarily one's own
the Reverend John Wheelwright, who had been banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony — American Guide Series: New Hampshire
the Newtonian scheme of the universe does not banish God from the universe — Times Literary Supplement
Plato wished to banish poetry utterly from the Republic because it could be intoxicating to its victims — Max Lerner & Edwin Mims
To exile is usually to banish a person from his own country or section or oneself voluntarily from one's own country
exiled to Siberia for political offenses
many American writers exiled themselves in Paris
the fallen champion chose to exile himself to his southern ranch — Time
To expatriate implies not only exile but often a loss of citizenship in one's country, often voluntarily imposed by naturalization in another country
a man all too willing to be expatriated
expatriate oneself to England for emotional reasons for a number of years
To ostracize is to exclude by common consent from recognition or acceptance by society
a person ostracized for religious reasons
the dangers inherent in ostracizing from public service men of eminence — Kimmis Hendrick
after the Normans conquered England in 1066, Anglo-Saxon was ostracized from the schools
To deport is to banish (a person) from a country of which he is not a citizen, often to the country from which he came
aiding the Chinese government to deport to their homeland the remnants of Japanese forces — Current Biography
an alien deported because of illegal entry into the country
To transport , in this sense, is to banish a person convicted of crime to a penal colony or a place regarded as like one
English convicts transported to Australia
To extradite is to deliver over (a person, usually an alleged criminal) to authorities of another jurisdiction
a criminal extradited by Texas at the request of Massachusetts for a confessed murder in Massachusetts