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изгонять — meaning in English

izgonyat

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English meaning

  • banish verb To officially force someone to leave a place, usually as punishment, and forbid their return.
  • eject verb To force someone to leave a place.
  • evict verb To legally force someone to leave a property they rent or occupy.
  • exorcise verb To drive out an evil spirit from a person or place, usually through ritual or prayer.
  • oust verb To force someone out of a position of power or place, often against their will.
  • relegate verb Exile, banish, remove, or send away.

Senses

изгонять is used for these senses in English:

  • banish (transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
  • cast away (transitive) To discard.
  • drive out (idiomatic) To push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere.
  • eject (transitive) To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
  • eject (US, transitive) To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
  • evict (transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
  • excommunicate (transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
  • exorcise (transitive) To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.

banish — full definition

  1. verb To officially force someone to leave a place, usually as punishment, and forbid their return.
  2. verb To drive an unwanted thought or feeling from one's mind.

eject — full definition

  1. verb To force someone to leave a place.
  2. verb To forcefully throw out or expel something.
  3. verb To safely propel oneself out of an aircraft in an emergency, usually using an ejection seat.
  4. verb To make a disc or drive pop out of a device, or to safely disconnect a removable drive.

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