Banish
verb
To send someone away from a place as an official punishment.
The king banished him from the kingdom for his crimes.
Often appears as...
- banish from the kingdom
- banish for crimes
verb
To get rid of something that is not wanted or needed.
You must banish all thoughts of revenge from your mind.
Often appears as...
- banish thoughts
- banish the fear
verb
To send someone away from a place as an official punishment.
The king banished him from the kingdom for his crimes.
Often appears as...
- banish from the kingdom
- banish for crimes
verb
To get rid of something that is not wanted or needed.
You must banish all thoughts of revenge from your mind.
Often appears as...
- banish thoughts
- banish the fear
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Punitive Action
Used when describing a severe punishment by someone in authority.
The queen banished the knight for defying her orders.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Often found in historical or fantasy stories involving rulers and subjects.
For his treachery, he was banished from the empire forever.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Decree
Implies a formal or official decision, not a casual one.
The council held a vote and decided to banish the traitor.
Pro Tip 1/3Punitive Action
Used when describing a severe punishment by someone in authority.
The queen banished the knight for defying her orders.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Often found in historical or fantasy stories involving rulers and subjects.
For his treachery, he was banished from the empire forever.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Decree
Implies a formal or official decision, not a casual one.
The council held a vote and decided to banish the traitor.
Pro Tip 1/3Punitive Action
Used when describing a severe punishment by someone in authority.
The queen banished the knight for defying her orders.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Often found in historical or fantasy stories involving rulers and subjects.
For his treachery, he was banished from the empire forever.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Decree
Implies a formal or official decision, not a casual one.
The council held a vote and decided to banish the traitor.
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Speech acts: Constative...
to have power over them, and they'll have to face the consequences of breaking this performative. They may even have to force out some performatives of their own, such as apologizing to the life guard and promising to never run again. Maybe the life guard will respond with another performative, sentencing them to be banished from the pool
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Dare to refuse the...
and his writings were considered deeply blasphemous, heretical and evil. Long after he died, followers of his work were ruthlessly hunted down, banished and killed over several centuries by the most powerful religious institution of the medieval period.
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How to create cleaner...
we've devised ways to banish it underground. We can do this by injecting it deep into the Earth, or by placing it deep under the ocean's surface. Stripping away coal's negative elements can happen in three ways. First, and most commonly, as coal burns,
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Ghanaian Witches PIPE...
community of outcasts the men and women at this funeral have been banished from their home villages forced to give up everything they've known in the world poems families friends all because they've been accused of being witches in
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Witches of Ghana PIPE...
community of outcasts the men and women at this funeral have been banished from their home villages forced to give up everything they've known in the world poems families friends all because they've been accused of being witches in
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Why I choose humanism...
something that has no basis in reason or in science. Yet alleged witches, usually women, children and elderly persons are still routinely attacked, banished and killed. And I've made it part of my life's mission
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How to turn off work...
into productive forms of thinking, you will succeed. Banishing ruminations truly enhanced my personal life, but what it enhanced even more was the joy and satisfaction I get from my work.
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The impact of Simón...
he was he had no choice but to give up his command Columbia banished him forever Venezuela would not allow him to come home the doctor who prepared his bit his body
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How Africa can use its...
Most importantly is that Gacaca emphasized Rwanda's traditional philosophy of reconciliation and reintegration, as against the whole punitive and banishment idea
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These Ancient Birds Have...
It might look as if he has been banished into the rain, but in fact, they're a great team. They share the incubation,
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Speech acts: Constative...
to have power over them, and they'll have to face the consequences of breaking this performative. They may even have to force out some performatives of their own, such as apologizing to the life guard and promising to never run again. Maybe the life guard will respond with another performative, sentencing them to be banished from the pool
Video examples
Dare to refuse the...
and his writings were considered deeply blasphemous, heretical and evil. Long after he died, followers of his work were ruthlessly hunted down, banished and killed over several centuries by the most powerful religious institution of the medieval period.
Video examples
How to create cleaner...
we've devised ways to banish it underground. We can do this by injecting it deep into the Earth, or by placing it deep under the ocean's surface. Stripping away coal's negative elements can happen in three ways. First, and most commonly, as coal burns,
Video examples
Ghanaian Witches PIPE...
community of outcasts the men and women at this funeral have been banished from their home villages forced to give up everything they've known in the world poems families friends all because they've been accused of being witches in
Video examples
Witches of Ghana PIPE...
community of outcasts the men and women at this funeral have been banished from their home villages forced to give up everything they've known in the world poems families friends all because they've been accused of being witches in
Video examples
Why I choose humanism...
something that has no basis in reason or in science. Yet alleged witches, usually women, children and elderly persons are still routinely attacked, banished and killed. And I've made it part of my life's mission
Video examples
How to turn off work...
into productive forms of thinking, you will succeed. Banishing ruminations truly enhanced my personal life, but what it enhanced even more was the joy and satisfaction I get from my work.
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The impact of Simón...
he was he had no choice but to give up his command Columbia banished him forever Venezuela would not allow him to come home the doctor who prepared his bit his body
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How Africa can use its...
Most importantly is that Gacaca emphasized Rwanda's traditional philosophy of reconciliation and reintegration, as against the whole punitive and banishment idea
Video examples
These Ancient Birds Have...
It might look as if he has been banished into the rain, but in fact, they're a great team. They share the incubation,
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Gordon Brown
British Politician
If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the wellbeing of the world's people enhanced - not just in this generation but in succeeding generations - we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends.
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Margaret Cavendish
English Writer
And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty.
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Arca
Venezuelan Musician
We try and banish whole inner realms. Sometimes, you have to touch the thing inside you're most afraid of and see what happens when you touch it rather than look away from it all the time.
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Jim Bunning
American Politician
We must send the message that if you use illegal drugs, you will pay the ultimate price by not playing an entire season. And if you get caught again, you will be banished for life.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
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Herbert Hoover
American President
We have not yet reached the goal but... we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indian Leader
We can win respect in the world only if we are strong internally and can banish poverty and unemployment from our country.
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Denise Austin
American Author
Banish aches and pains by strengthening and stretching the muscles that affect your back.
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George Washington
American President
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
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Gordon Brown
British Politician
If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the wellbeing of the world's people enhanced - not just in this generation but in succeeding generations - we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends.
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Margaret Cavendish
English Writer
And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty.
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Arca
Venezuelan Musician
We try and banish whole inner realms. Sometimes, you have to touch the thing inside you're most afraid of and see what happens when you touch it rather than look away from it all the time.
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Jim Bunning
American Politician
We must send the message that if you use illegal drugs, you will pay the ultimate price by not playing an entire season. And if you get caught again, you will be banished for life.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
Quote examples
Herbert Hoover
American President
We have not yet reached the goal but... we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.
Quote examples
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indian Leader
We can win respect in the world only if we are strong internally and can banish poverty and unemployment from our country.
Quote examples
Denise Austin
American Author
Banish aches and pains by strengthening and stretching the muscles that affect your back.
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George Washington
American President
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
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