verb [VN]
1 [usuallypassive] ~ sb (from...) (to...) to order sb to leave a place, especially a country, as a punishment:
He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. * The children were banished from the dining room.
2 ~ sb/sth (from sth) (written) to make sb/sth go away; to get rid of sb/sth:
The sight of food banished all other thoughts from my mind.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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