1. Expel from a community or group
   - ban, ostracize, ostracise [Brit], shun, cast out, blackball 
2. Ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
   - ban 
3. Expel, as if by official decree
   "he was banished from his own country"
   - relegate, bar 
4. Drive away
   "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"

Derived forms: banished, banishes, banishing

See also: banishment

Type of: chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, expel, kick out, run off, throw out, turn back

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