DISPEL
\dɪspˈɛl], \dɪspˈɛl], \d_ɪ_s_p_ˈɛ_l]\
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
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to cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example; "She waved her hand and scattered the crows."
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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