Synonyms for dispel
dɪˈspɛldis·pel

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1. dispel

   Synonyms:
   disperse, scatter, dissipate, drive away, dismiss

   Antonyms:
   collect, recall, summon, convene, congregate, conglomerate, mass, accumulate

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

   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"

   Synonyms:
   bolt out, elope, absquatulate, drive off, abscond, hold back, return, go off, rout out, retrovert, arrest, bolt, decamp, waste, invert, rouse, drive out, clear out, turn back, xerox, disperse, run out, chase away, make off, drive away, stop, regress, beetle off, expectorate, dissipate, reverse, scatter, photocopy, contain, double back, break up, force out, revert, backtrack, run off, check

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

   to cause to separate and go in different directions

   "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

   Synonyms:
   resolve, circulate, fragmentize, shoot, drive off, separate, spread, sever, interrupt, crash, dot, split up, pick, fool away, dismantle, circularise, break, spread out, break up, recess, disseminate, part, crock up, collapse, drive out, cut off, fragment, turn back, split, disperse, circularize, disrupt, chase away, drive away, fragmentise, frivol away, dissolve, dust, crack, pass around, sprinkle, fritter away, diffuse, broadcast, distribute, dissipate, propagate, scatter, fool, calve, break apart, disassemble, take apart, adjourn, fritter, crack up, decompose, break down, run off

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1. • Move
   • Separate

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1. dispelverb

   Synonyms:
   disperse (completely), scatter, dissipate, banish, drive away

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1. List of paraphrases for "dispel":

   allay, dissipate, dispelling, disperse, refute, rebut, assuage, eliminate, remove, elimination, defuse

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How to use dispel in a sentence?

1. Regina Rice:

   Ernie Banks was an intricate part of my life for over twelve( 12) years. Ernie Banks trusted me to carry out Ernie Banks wishes, some during his lifetime and others after Ernie Banks life. Ernie Banks made me promise to adhere to Ernie Banks wishes and I am determined to do just that, it is understandable that Ernie's family is concerned at this very sad time. However, the record and those closest to Ernie Banks will dispel any iota of concern regarding my relationship with Ernie Banks and Ernie Banks trust in me to carrying out Ernie Banks wishes.

2. Petro Poroshenko:

   War could start at any moment, but we are ready to do everything possible to dispel any room for doubts or retreats.

3. Joey Gonzalez:

   Everything has been rebranded, the instructors are teaching differently. And we really pay close attention to first-timers to dispel all the myths. We always tell you to not be a hero and go at your own pace. But you can still measure your success and progress.

4. Hannah Arendt:

   When we were told that by freedom we understood free enterprise, we did very little to dispel this monstrous falsehood. Wealth and economic well-being, we have asserted, are the fruits of freedom, while we should have been the first to know that this kind of happiness has been an unmixed blessing only in this country, and it is a minor blessing compared with the truly political freedoms, such as freedom of speech and thought, of assembly and association, even under the best conditions.

5. Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson:

   You are going to a place of deep darkness and lies, and if you will light one candle of truth, you will dispel the darkness. (to Benjamin Nethanyahu when he became Israel’s UN Ambassador)