BANISHED Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

banished

verb

past tense of banish

as in exiled

to force to leave a country in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands

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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 Any doubts over whether that deal would be concluded would have been banished as soon as Riad was taken off. — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026 Since then, the former Duke of York has been effectively banished from royal life, including the Firm’s annual Christmas gathering at Sandringham. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 21 Aug. 2026 Plus a few other wackadoodles banished from labels, serving out their sentences in our nuthouse. — Jeff Rabhan, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026 Ransoms were paid, with Carlos taking much of the $50 million himself, leading him to be banished from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. — Air Mail, 1 Aug. 2026 Most of us reach for breezy linen pants and flowy maxi dresses during summer, leaving our denim banished to the back of the closet. — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026 Calypso had been banished to live on the island of Ogygia after the Olympians defeated the Titans long ago. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026 Gu-cheon is joined in his mission by Saeng-gang (Crash Course in Romance’s Roh Yoon-seo), the daughter of King Ju-sang who was banished from the palace as a young girl for her ability to hear spirits. — Kayti Burt, Time, 17 July 2026 Catlett was banished from the United States for what her art had to say. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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Located in Jerusalem, al-Wasiti became, for years, the place to visit, empowering Palestinian artists exiled all over the world to return to a fountain of unity and belonging.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
This thriller centers on disgraced or damaged agents of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service who have been exiled to a remote Greek island.

— Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of exiled

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But in an open system, the worst teams are relegated to lower divisions, while teams that perform well are promoted to the top flight.

— Manuel Rueda, NPR, 30 Aug. 2026
The only other show to have more than one nominee relegated was All Her Fault for acting nominee Dakota Fanning and writing nominee Megan Gallagher.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2026

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Plate umpire Alan Porter tossed Vitello and first-base ump Jim Wolf ejected Webb, who was not pitching Friday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Days later, a former NBA player who has used the WNBA as a vehicle for anti-trans advocacy was ejected from a Chicago Sky game, after engaging in an altercation with team guard Natasha Cloud.

— Odette Yousef, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of ejected

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Sharma-Crawford did not say if they had already been deported.

— Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
In July 2025, Haiti’s justice minister, Patrick Pélissier, announced that the government had adopted a new protocol governing the judicial processing of Haitian nationals deported or extradited to the country.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

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The Brewers regained a two-run lead in the sixth on David Hamilton’s RBI single that chased Bradford, who gave up nine hits and three runs in 5 2/3 innings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
The Dodgers loaded the bases again in the eighth but came up empty when Muncy chased a splitter out of the strike zone on the ninth-pitch of his at-bat against reliever Didier Fuentes.

— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 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

Definition of outed

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The attorney general's office on Thursday formally charged Fernando Farias, a high-ranking officer who was expelled last week from Argentina, with fuel smuggling.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
As a result, students who should have been suspended, expelled, or otherwise held accountable for dangerous or disruptive behavior remained in the classroom.

— Cory Turner, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026

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