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dispel

verb

1 dispel

Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings:
— Dispel doubts.

synonyms: chase away, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back.

Roget 185: displace, misplace, displant, dislodge, disestablish; exile etc. (seclude) 893; ablegate, set aside, remove; take away, cart away; ... show more

Roget 289: repel, push from, drive apart, drive from etc. 276; chase, dispel; retrude; abduce, abduct; send away; repulse.    keep at arm's length, ... show more

Dutch: weg rijden, verjagen
Polish: wykurzenie

2 dispel

To cause to separate and go in different directions.

synonyms: break up, disperse, dissipate, scatter.

Roget 73: disperse, scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, bestrew, overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, ... show more

Roget 162: be destroyed &c.; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, ... show more

Dutch: verstrooien, verbreiden


Moby thesaurus: attenuate, be consumed, be gone, blow off, break up, cast forth, cast off, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, clear away, crumble, dematerialize, depart, die, die away, die out, dilute, disappear, disband ... show more.

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