dispel

Speech parts

1. dispel - Noun

2. dispel - Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

disperse scatter dissipate run off drive out turn back drive away drive off chase away ted chase unroll clear separate shoo
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Antonyms

conservatory depot armory argosy arsenal repertory
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Hypernyms

move separate divide displace

Hyponyms

fire shoo disband banish shoo off clear the air

Phrases with the word

dispel someone's fears dispel a rumour dispel intoxication

Derivatives

dispelled dispelling

Anagrams

disple lisped Spidle

Examples

Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other. Thomas S. Monson

I say to this night: "Pass more slowly"; and the dawn will come to dispel the night. Alphonse de Lamartine

My mum taught me how to read before I went to kindergarden, I always thought that being able to read provided lightness, help to dispel darkness, ignorance and stupidity. Michael Moore

It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So without the study of nature there is no enjoyment of pure pleasure. (12) Epicurus

There is nothing like a naturalistic orientation to dispel all these morbid thoughts of "sin" and "free will" and "moral responsibility." Raymond Smullyan

Just as a medicine may not cure a serious illness, wine will certainly not dispel your grief. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

dispauperize dispeace dispeed dispel a rumour dispel intoxication dispel someone's fears