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Banish

To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.

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Dispel 76% connected

To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusion…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Expel 76% connected

To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rusticate 76% connected

To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spike 76% connected

A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Banishment 74% connected

The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Banishment 74% connected

The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Ban 92% connected

A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bar 92% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Blackball 92% connected

A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ostracize 92% connected

To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Relegate 92% connected

To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shun 92% connected

To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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