Definition of dispel Dispel
/dɪspɛˈl/ - [dispel] - dis•pel
We found 7 definitions of dispel from 6 different sources.
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| dispel - to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" | ||
| disperse, dissipate, break up, scatter | ||
| divide, separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" | ||
| disband stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" | ||
| dispel - force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" | ||
| chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, drive off, run off | ||
| drive out, rout out, rouse, force out force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| frighten cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" | ||
| fire bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery" | ||
| clear the air dispel differences or negative emotions; "The group called a meeting to finally clear the air" | ||
| banish drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom" | ||
| shoo, shoo away, shoo off drive away by crying `shoo!' | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dispel (v. t.)
To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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dispel
Force to go away.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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dispel
dis-pel′, v.t. to drive away: to make disappear: to banish:—pr.p. dispel′ling; pa.p. dispelled′. [L. dispellĕre—dis, away, pellĕre, to drive.]
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🔤- dispel, verb, present, 1st person singular of dispel (infinitive).
- dispel, verb (infinitive).
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