Banish
Banish verb - To force to leave a country.
Except and banish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Except" instead a verb "Banish".
Nearby Words: banishment, banishing
Except
Except verb - To prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of.
Usage example: we'll have to except members who haven't paid their club dues from voting in the election
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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At first, they try to banish him (doesn't work because a genie is immune to all spells except from his own country, which they don't know).
Source: Muggles Do It Better - At first, they try to banish him (which doesn't work because a genie is immune to all spells except from his own country, which they don't know).
Source: Creator / Robert Sheckley - At the end of Eternal Darkness, the ghosts of all the player characters appear to help Alex fight Augustus Pious and stop his Ancient, except Edward Roivas, who instead uses the massive magic circle that makes up the final level to banish the Ancient the player summons to combat the first one.
Source: Not Too Dead to Save the Day
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