Adjective banned has 1 sense
  1. banned, prohibited - forbidden by law
    Antonym: legal (indirect, via illegal)
,Verb ban has 4 senses
  1. ban - prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"
    --1 is one way to
    forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
    Derived forms: noun ban4, noun ban1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s VERB-ing
  2. ban, censor - forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
    --2 is one way to outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
    Derived forms: noun ban4, noun ban1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue ban the movie
  3. banish, ban - ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
    --3 is one way to expel, throw out, kick out
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball - expel from a community or group
    --4 is one way to expel, throw out, kick out
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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