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US
/dɪsˈmɪs/
]
[ UK /dɪsmˈɪs/ ]
[ UK /dɪsmˈɪs/ ]
VERB
-
end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
I was dismissed after I gave my report -
stop associating with
They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock -
declare void
The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections -
bar from attention or consideration
She dismissed his advances -
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
The company terminated 25% of its workers
The boss fired his secretary today -
cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
This case is dismissed!
How To Use dismiss In A Sentence
- Beard is rather dismissive of their optical sophistication, shown in the curvature of the stylobate and in the entasis of the columns — the slight outward swelling of a column designed to counter the optical illusion of concavity, were the columns 'sides to be perfectly straight. Looking for the Lost Greeks
- McCarthy remains dismissive of the allegations and defensive of the former sergeant, saying he was "brutalized" by his colleagues, in particular, by a few senior officers "exerting locker room peer pressure" in the department ranks. MPNnow Home RSS
- In an attempt to break the strike, management used megaphones to instruct the afternoon shift, who were gathered in a car park, to return to work or face immediate dismissal.
- The protest was held in opposition to government plans to dismiss 25,000 state employees in order to reduce fiscal spending by 42 percent.
- Currently, the Italian-built Panthers are being finished off by BAE Systems, with the additional of a machine gun, radios and other accessories, when they will be delivered to the Army, effectively providing "battlefield limousines" for Ruperts – as officers are dismissively called – while troops are forced to patrol in dangerously vulnerable "Snatch" Land Rovers. Feeding the European fantasy
- The ICR would have the authority to annul laws or dismiss public officials to uphold the Kosovo settlement.
- They dismiss concerns that some of the Africans who flocked to Libya under Mr. Gadhafi's policy of pan-Africanism might be subject to retribution.
- The Chinese authorities remain acutely aware of Ai's complex and innovative heresy and in China, an "edgy" artist has to face greater challenges than mockery or dismissive critics. Ai Weiwei: The rebel who has suffered for his art
- Even where, for example in an unfair dismissal case, the employment tribunal makes an order that the employee be re-employed by the employer in one way or another, if the employer fails to do so there is no contempt of court.
- He had a good scientific understanding and quickly dismissed the beast.
