Meaning & use
banish
To send someone away from a place, especially as an official punishment, or to get rid of something.
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The king ordered his advisor to be banished from the kingdom forever.
She tried to banish all doubts from her mind before the interview.
A note on using this word
Banish can apply literally to people being exiled or figuratively to eliminating a feeling or thought.
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