Verb: banish ba-nish
- Expel, as if by official decree
"he was banished from his own country";
- relegate, bar
- Expel from a community or group
"The tribe banished the offender";
- ban, ostracize, ostracise [Brit], shun, cast out, blackball, pill [slang]
- Drive away
"banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"
Derived forms: banishes, banishing, banished
Type of: chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, expel, kick out [informal], run off, throw out, turn back
Encyclopedia: Banish, Iran