v 1: expel from a community or group [syn: ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
2: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn: ban]
3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
own country" [syn: relegate, bar]
4: drive away: "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"