'Dispel' definitions:
Definition of 'dispel'
(from WordNet)
verb
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" [syn: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off]
verb
Definition of 'Dispel'
From: GCIDE
- Dispel \Dis*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispelling.] [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push, drive. See Pulse a beating.] To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions. [1913 Webster]
- [Satan] gently raised their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dispel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- attenuate,
- be consumed,
- be gone,
- blow off,
- break up,
- cast forth,
- cast off,
- cease,
- cease to be,
- cease to exist,
- clear away,
- crumble,
- dematerialize,
- depart,
- die,
- die away,
- die out,
- dilute,
- disappear,
- disband,
- disintegrate,
- dismiss,
- disperse,
- dissipate,
- dissolve,
- diverge,
- do a fade-out,
- do away with,
- drive away,
- dwindle,
- eject,
- eliminate,
- erode,
- evanesce,
- evaporate,
- exit,
- expel,
- exterminate,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fade out,
- flee,
- fling off,
- fly,
- get rid of,
- go,
- go away,
- go separate ways,
- hide,
- leave no trace,
- leave the scene,
- liquidate,
- melt,
- melt away,
- oust,
- part,
- part company,
- pass,
- pass away,
- pass out,
- perish,
- purge,
- retire from sight,
- scatter,
- separate,
- shake off,
- shoo,
- sink,
- sink away,
- split up,
- suffer an eclipse,
- thin,
- thin out,
- throw away,
- throw off,
- unimportant,
- vanish,
- vanish from sight,
- volatilize,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear away