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    dispel
    /dɪˈspɛl/

    verb

    • 1. make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear: "the brightness of the day did nothing to dispel Elaine's dejection"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDISPEL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    DISPEL definition: 1. to remove fears, doubts, and false ideas, usually by proving them wrong or unnecessary: 2. to…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › dispelDispel Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of DISPEL is to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate. How to use dispel in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dispel.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDISPEL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    DISPEL meaning: 1. to remove fears, doubts, and false ideas, usually by proving them wrong or unnecessary: 2. to…. Learn more.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › dispelDispel - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To dispel is to get rid of something that's bothering or threatening you, regardless of whether that's warts, worries, or wild dogs. The nifty thing about dispel is that you can use it when talking about emotional problems (such as worries and fears) as well as physical ones (such as wild dogs).

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    Dispel definition: to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate. See examples of DISPEL used in a sentence.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDISPEL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    To dispel an idea or feeling that people have means to stop them having it. This result should dispel the notion that developing countries are dependent on exports of agricultural products. [VERB noun] Synonyms: drive away, dismiss, eliminate, resolve More Synonyms of dispel. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › dispelDispel - definition of dispel by The Free Dictionary

    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.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishdispel verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    dispel something to make something, especially a feeling or belief, go away or disappear. His speech dispelled any fears about his health.

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryDISPEL - All you need to know about it | Collins English...

    To dispel an idea or feeling that people have means to stop them having it. [...] More. Conjugations of 'dispel' present simple: I dispel, you dispel [...] past simple: I dispelled, you dispelled [...] past participle: dispelled. More. Synonyms of 'dispel' • drive away, dismiss, eliminate, resolve [...] More. Collocations with the word 'dispel'

  11. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDISPEL | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

    DISPEL meaning: to get rid of a feeling, thought, or belief: . Learn more.