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Word: Banish
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French baniss-, lengthened stem of banir; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ban
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbanɪʃ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment
Short Definition:send someone away from country or place as official punishment
Examples:- a number of people were banished to Siberia for political crimes
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