EXILING Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

exiling

verb

present participle of exile

as in banishing

to force to leave a country with their conquest of the Moors complete, Ferdinand and Isabella next exiled the Jews from Spain

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Recent Examples of exiling The government was executing and exiling Black citizens; some had escaped slavery. — Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 The anti-Zionist project of ending Israel’s existence as a Jewish state implies killing, subjugating, or re-exiling more than half of the world’s Jewish population. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026 Ruthlessly exiling those players sent a clear message about the importance of squad harmony, but arguably handed the leverage in negotiations to buying clubs, driving down their prices and delaying their departures. — James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

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At that point, the group had botched its first two votes, mistakenly banishing two female faithfuls.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
After Hallet dies in a misguided clinic bust care of a banishing spell gone awry, the whole Owens clan is nearly destroyed.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of banishing

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Of course, other keyboard types were cheaper to produce, relegating Hall-effect keyboards to an afterthought for decades.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
However, relegating City to the second-tier Championship League would be a punishment that could hurt the rest of the league.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of relegating

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According to the Wall Street Journal, the raid was part of an investigation into her immigration paperwork with the explicit goal of denaturalizing and deporting her.

— Miles Bryan, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026
Her concern stems from the claim by the powerful interior minister, Amit Shah, who first said the voter revision would be aimed at detecting, deleting and deporting infiltrators.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of deporting

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One of the attractions of self-storage as a business is that evicting stuff is easier than evicting people.

— David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
In 1968 Britain considered evicting the family by force, with declassified documents showing a plan to raze the fort.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026

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