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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
banish .
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Examples
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His solemnity seems just as authentic as the jauntiness it banishes, which is saying a lot.
Dark Joe Morgenstern 2010
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The New Poetry in its _highest_ expression banishes form, regularity and rhythm, and treats rhyme with unexampled barbarity.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 4, 1892 Various
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It's not exactly Alan Bennett, but it proceeds amiably enough from one well-worn double entendre to the next – and Tim Healy's transvestite barman alone banishes the temptation to channel-hop.
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A woman whose sordid past banishes her from polite society?
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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In the series, premiering Sunday at 8/7c on ABC, the Evil Queen banishes Snow White, Prince Charming and their fairytale kin to the real-world town of Storybrooke, where they lead normal lives, never realizing who they were.
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A fleeting, sentimental moment, to be sure, but one that suddenly banishes the chill vacuum of the narrator's narcissism.
Bringing Up Baby? Definitely Jonathan Rosen 2011
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A woman whose sordid past banishes her from polite society?
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR MAY 2ND | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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Peter BrownWeston under Redcastle, Shropshire• The morally-bankrupt and banal banns ban banishes non-EU nationals to a Bantustan for marriage-banquet bandits Lawful impediment: C of E tackles 'sham marriages', 12 April.
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Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR MAY 2ND | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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