Definition of Dispel in English :

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Meaning of Dispel in English

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Dispel

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Verb

1. chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back

force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

Example Sentences:
'Drive away potential burglars'
'drive away bad thoughts'
'dispel doubts'
'The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers'

2. break up, dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter

to cause to separate and go in different directions

Example Sentences:
'She waved her hand and scattered the crowds'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Dispel

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verb -pels, -pelling or -pelled
(transitive)
to disperse or drive away

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Dispel

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verb transitiveWord forms: disˈpelled or disˈpelling
to scatter and drive away; cause to vanish; disperse

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Dispel

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tr.v. dis·pelled, dis·pel·ling, dis·pels
To break up, drive away, or cause to disappear: The breeze dispelled the bad odor. Her cheerfulness dispelled the gloom. The report dispelled my doubts. See Synonyms at scatter.

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