banished

verb

past tense of banish
1
as in exiled
to force to leave a country in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands

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2
as in dismissed
to drive or force out permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center

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Recent Examples of banished The Industry actress was banished from Season 2 of The Celebrity Traitors last week and has reflected on her experience on the Studio Lambert series in an Instagram post. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 Shortly after King Charles stripped him of his titles and banished him from his home at Royal Lodge, he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in office. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2026 Drake Baldwin banished any fears of a sophomore slump by having his first All-Star season. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026 With his brother, the former Prince Andrew, banished to a sad little farmhouse on the Sandringham estate, and his son Prince Harry consumed by the complexities of the English school run, the King might have hoped for a reprieve from familial drama. — Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026 Though Kid Rock has not yet discussed his new album — or his relationship with Allen — beyond a brief Instagram post, past comments might offer a hint into his decision to include someone who’s been all but banished from the country music industry. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026 After he is banished, a magical bracelet carries her across worlds and parallel space-times on a journey to reclaim her dreams and her lost love. — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026 In this charming graphic novel, the mischievous Norse god Loki gets banished to mid-Guard—AKA Earth—as punishment and must adjust to a month of life as an 11-year-old boy and document his journey in a journal. — Kavya Dhillon, Parents, 19 Sep. 2026 The Pentagon has also effectively banished most news organizations from its facilities and otherwise restricted access. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banished
  1. exiled
  2. dismissed
  3. relegated
  4. ejected
  5. deported
  6. chased
  7. outed
  8. expelled
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  • Karen would absolutely be a Catherine Zeta-Jones character who has been exiled to Arrakis following a particularly contentious divorce.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Dahlan had previously been driven from Gaza by Hamas and was exiled in 2010 after a falling-out with Abbas.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
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  • Williams argued that without a viable federal copyright claim, Hugo’s state-law claims involving breach of fiduciary duty and an incomplete accounting should also be dismissed, leaving him free to pursue those claims separately in state court.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Last weekend in Highland, Michigan, Rogers dismissed El-Sayed's attempts to whittle away at his GOP base of support.
    — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismissed
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  • Artisanal weapons and revolvers have been increasingly relegated to rural areas, smaller criminal groups and individuals, while over the past two years gangs have been procuring larger numbers of more lethal weaponry.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The referendum marks a remarkable rise for a cause long relegated to Alberta’s political fringes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
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  • Both occupants were ejected from the vehicle onto the road, according to the crash log.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Then, safety Zechariah Poyser was ejected for targeting on FSU quarterback Ashton Daniels.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
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  • Advocates are fighting to ensure that two potential witnesses who were handcuffed in the back of an ICE vehicle that struck and injured a Houston man are not deported.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
  • There’s no comprehensive way to track how often this happens or how many domestic violence victims have been detained by ICE or deported.
    — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of deported
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  • She has just been released from rehab after falling off the wagon and spends much of her day either sleeping or recovering from bad dreams of being chased by Nazis.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But the right-hander was tagged by Jake Bauer's two-run double in the fourth and David Hamilton's RBI single that chased Glasnow in the fifth and left Milwaukee trailing 4-3.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of chased
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  • Co-owner John Mara is battling cancer, and co-owner Steve Tisch is laying low after being outed in the Epstein Files.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Photoplay’s feature Hollywood’s Unmarried Husbands and Wives outed several of the era’s most bankable couples—Clark Gable and Carole Lombard among them—for the crime of cohabitating without paperwork.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
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  • Cornell University would not confirm whether Newell was expelled, citing federal statutes protecting students’ privacy.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • While Cornell did conduct an internal investigation, and expelled or suspended several of the men, no criminal charges were brought against the accused at the time.
    — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of expelled

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“Banished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banished. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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