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Word entry · 6 letters

banish

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"Send away as punishment"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbænɪʃ/Part of speech verbSorted abhinsStarts with BEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To send someone away as punishment or remove something completely.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • He was banished from the kingdom for his crimes.
  • The parsnip, stilton and chestnut combination may taste good, but it's not terribly decorative. In fact, dull's the word, a lingering adjectival ghost of nut roasts past that I'm keen to banish from the table.
  • he never referreth any one unto vertue, religion, or conscience: as if they were all extinguished and banished the world […].

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