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/ˈbaniSH/,
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banishing, present participle; banished, past tense; banishes, 3rd person singular present; banished, past participle;
  1. Send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment
    • - they were banished to Siberia for political crimes
  2. Forbid, abolish, or get rid of (something unwanted)
    • - it's perfectly feasible to banish the smoke without banning smoking
    • - all thoughts of romance were banished from her head
  1. (banish) expel from a community or group
  2. (banish) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
  3. (banish) expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"
  4. drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"
  5. (banishment) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"
  6. (banishment) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
  7. Banished is a documentary film about four U.S. cities, which were part of many communities that violently forced African American families to flee in post-reconstruction America. In incidents which took place in Texas, Missouri, Georgia and Indiana between 1886 and 1923. ...
  8. Ariel Winter (born January 28, 1998) is an American child actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Alex Dunphy in the TV Series Modern Family.
  9. (Banish) Exile means to be away from one's home (i.e. city, state or country), while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened by prison or death upon return. It can be a form of punishment.
  10. (Banishing) In Ceremonial magic, banishing refers to one or more rituals intended to remove non-physical influences ranging from spirits to negative influences. It is often used as a component of a more complex ceremony, although it can be performed by itself as well. ...
  11. (The Banishment) The Banishment (Изгнание, Izgnanie) is a 2007 Russian film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev. The film is a loose adaptation of The Laughing Matter, a 1953 novel by Armenian-American writer William Saroyan. It stars Konstantin Lavronenko and Maria Bonnevie.
  12. (banish) To send someone away and forbid that person from returning. (with simple direct object) (with from) (dated, with out of) (archaic, with two simple objects (person and place)); To expel, especially from the mind
  13. (Banish) To magically end something or exorcise unwanted entities. To rid the presence of.
  14. (BANISH) To magically send away or repel negative energies or entities from the person, home, or ritual area.
  15. (Banish) This ability causes the target unit to turn ethereal and slows its movement by 50% for 36 seconds. Although ethereal units cannot attack and are prone to magical attacks or spells, they still have the ability to cast spells onto others.
  16. (Banish) To excommunicate someone or an energy. The opposite of invoking.
  17. (Banish) religare, ex banno vel territorio exigere, in exilium agere. G. bannir. It. bandire, bandeggiare. H. bandir. B. bannen. Ævi medii scriptores bannire dicebant. V. Spelm. in Bannum & in Banleuga. ...
  18. (banish) to cast something out by magic, usually negative spirits or energies
  19. (Banishing) Formal, ceremonial, procedure effected to cast an invisible presence or influence out from an area. This term can refer either to a spiritual cleansing, or the closing of a magical rite, when the invoked powers are dismissed.
  20. (BANISHING) A ritual to make something go away, or stop.
  21. (BANISHING) The action of causing something to depart from the Wicca Circle. Often used to release elemental spirits at the end of a Ritual. Sometimes refers to Closing the Circle at the end of a Rite.
  22. (Banishing) A magical working performed to remove evil, threats, darkness,  negativity or people embodying those qualities.
  23. (Banishing) A procedure of casting away unwanted spirits or energy from a person or place.
  24. (Banishing) a ritual designed to get rid of unwanted spiritual energies. Banishings are usually a prelude to more complex rituals.
  25. (Banishing) the elimination of unwanted forces. "The Magician must therefore take the utmost care in the matter of purification, firstly, of himself, secondly, of his instruments, thirdly, of the place of working."