Verb
- 1. banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball, expel, throw out, kick out
- usage: expel from a community or group
- 2. banish, ban, expel, throw out, kick out
- usage: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
- 3. banish, relegate, bar, expel, throw out, kick out
- usage: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"
- 4. banish, chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
- usage: drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"
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