banish

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'expulser quelqu'un d'un lieu ou d'une communauté, souvent comme punition, ou pour chasser une pensée ou un sentiment.

A verb used to indicate the act of sending someone away from a place or community, often as a punishment, or to drive away a thought or feeling.

1. Exile or send awayB2formal

   To force someone to leave a country or place as a punishment.

   Bannir, exiler

   • The king banished the traitor from the kingdom.
   • He was banished to a remote island for his crimes.
   • The dictator banished all political opponents.

   Synonymescast outdeportdrive awayejectevictexileexpelostracizeoutlawtransport

   Antonymesacceptadmitembracereceivewelcome

2. Get rid of or eliminateB2formal

   To remove or drive away something unwanted, such as a thought or feeling.

   chasser, éliminer

   • She tried to banish all doubts from her mind.
   • The new policy aims to banish poverty from the region.
   • He banished the memory of the accident from his thoughts.

   Synonymesdismissdispeldrive awayeliminateeradicateexpelget rid ofremove

   Antonymesembraceharborkeepretain