Dispel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To rid one's mind of: managed to dispel my doubts.
  • v. To drive away or off by or as if by scattering. See Synonyms at scatter.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To drive away by scattering, or to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To drive off or away; scatter or disperse effectually; dissipate: as, to dispel vapors, darkness, or gloom; to dispel fears, cares, sorrows, doubts, etc.; to dispel a tumor, or humors.
  • Synonyms Disperse, Scatter, etc. (see dissipate), banish, remove.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to cause to separate and go in different directions
  • v. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
  • Verb Form
    dispell    dispelled    dispelling    dispels   
    Cross Reference
    scatter    dislodge   
    Variant
    dispelled    dispelling   
    Form
    dispelled    dispelling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    banish    dissipate    resolve    scatter    expel    remove    disperse    fears   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adel    Adele    Bel    Bell    Belle    Burrell    Cabell    Carmel    Cavell    Chanel