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banish.

To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈbænɪʃ/
  1. To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.

    transitive
    He was banished from the kingdom for his crimes.
  2. To expel, especially from the mind.

    transitive
    to banish fear; to banish a qualm
Where this word comes from

From Middle English banishen, from Old French baniss-, extended stem of banir (“to proclaim, ban, banish”), of Germanic origin and Old English bannan, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“curse, forbid”). Compare French bannir. Doublet of ban.

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