[ US /dɪˈspɛɫ/ ]
[ UK /dɪspˈɛl/ ]
VERB
  1. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
    drive away bad thoughts
    The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
    dispel doubts
    Drive away potential burglars
  2. to cause to separate and go in different directions
    She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
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How To Use dispel In A Sentence

  • Not doing much to dispel their clown reputation, this tune includes a bird tweeting and a sheep's baa!
  • A spokesman for the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party called the cabinet shuffle "a futile exercise which inspires none and in no way dispels the gloom shadowing" Mr. Singh's government, according to Press Trust of India. India Fires Environment Minister Who Held Up Projects
  • Perhaps the biggest myth Yi dispelled was that he's some kind of big lumbering center.
  • dispel doubts
  • I believe what you are calling a smirk is where his teleprompter is telling him to "SMILE" -- that's so we, and he, know that he told us a joke, and also to dispel that nasty rumor going around about his bad temper. McCain Jokes About Obama's Overseas Trip And Press Coverage
  • Three square meals, with healthy snacks such as fresh fruit and nuts in between will help to dispel Fay's sweet cravings.
  • He will have to spend hours before his leap inhaling pure oxygen to dispel any traces of nitrogen from his blood due to the thinness of the air at 40,000 m.
  • It was important to dispel the myth that Aids was a gay disease.
  • Sustained by the truth received from her divine Founder, the Church has ever sought to fulfill holily the mission entrusted to her by God; unconquered by the difficulties on all sides surrounding her, she has never ceased to assert her liberty of teaching, and in this way the wretched superstition of paganism being dispelled, the wide world was renewed unto Christian wisdom. Libertas Praestantissimum
  • At this point, I have a staggering amount of data, and it's been invaluable in dispelling myth, particularly in assisting me to name and claim classism and racism as it permeates my family culture. Archive 2009-08-01
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