banish

 
Pronunciation: /ˈbanɪʃ/

verb

[with object]
  • send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment: a number of people were banished to Siberia for political crimes
  • get rid of (something unwanted): all thoughts of romance were banished from her head

Derivatives

banishment

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French baniss-, lengthened stem of banir; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ban1