banish

/ˈbænɪʃ/ verb [T]

Translation

SEND AWAY › to send someone away from a place, often as a punishment

sürgün etmek, kovmak, sürgüne yollamak

[often passive] He was banished to a remote Alaskan island. Smokers were banished to the garden.704

FEELING › to make yourself stop thinking about something or feeling a particular way

çıkarıp atmak, kendini bir şeyi düşünmekten, hissetmekten alı koymak

Banish winter blues with a holiday in the sun!785

(Definition of banish verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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