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banish

ban·ish [ bánnish ] (past and past participle ban·ished, present participle ban·ish·ing, 3rd person present singular ban·ish·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. send somebody away: to exile somebody from a place

2. get rid of something: to put something out of your mind
I simply couldn't banish my anxieties.

[14th century. < French baniss-, stem of banir "proclaim" < assumed Vulgar Latin bannire< Germanic]

ban·ish·er noun
ban·ish·ment noun
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