Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: banish
IPA transcription: [b'ænɪʃ]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast_out, blackball
    Meaning: expel from a community or group
  • Synonyms: banish, ban
    Meaning: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
  • Synonyms: banish, relegate, bar
    Meaning: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"
  • Synonyms: banish
    Meaning: drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"
Usage examples
  • I banish all books on the subject from my table.
  • It was an unpleasant sensation, and I tried hard to banish it.
  • And so I sought to alleviate her distress and to banish her sadness.
  • He therefore resolved to banish him and to impose such tasks upon him as must certainly bring about his destruction.
  • Not once, but, in all probability, a thousand times, we have given Him over to be crucified, but still we cannot banish Him from our lives so long as His poor brethren sing His name in the streets and remind us of Him.