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Antonyms for dispel
dɪˈspɛldis·pel
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dispel
Antonyms:
collect, recall, summon, convene, congregate, conglomerate, mass, accumulateSynonyms:
disperse, scatter, dissipate, drive away, dismiss
Princeton's WordNet
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, checkdisperse, 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
How to use dispel in a sentence?
Bryant McGill, Stanford Lectures on Poetry, 1990:
In order to deserve, we must pay our dues and steadily work for perfection. We must relish in struggle, and relinquish pride. We must dispel fear and seek enlightenment. We must shun division and honor love. We must know our hearts and seek to understand others. We must try, live, create, feel, grow and love.
The truth is, women don't apply, and oftentimes, minorities don't apply, because they simply don't know it's available (and) don't know they can do it, and the easiest way to dispel that is just to put someone there that looks like you.
He did not come out to dispel the myth sooner because he did not want to help the police, it's all very, very sad, to see this level of mistrust between the people and police.
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.
We must teach it as it really happened... so that we can fight ignorance, dispel misinformation, and work toward a future where all people can live without fear.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2009 | mass | |
#4363 | collect | |
#5370 | recall | |
#19230 | accumulate | |
#28678 | convene | |
#29505 | summon | |
#30750 | conglomerate | |
#40623 | dispel | |
#44633 | congregate |
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