DISPEL (dispelled, dispelling)
Dictionary entry overview: What does dispel mean?
• DISPEL (verb)
The verb DISPEL has 2 senses:
1. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
2. to cause to separate and go in different directions
Familiarity information: DISPEL used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISPEL (verb)
Meaning:
Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
chase away; dispel; drive away; drive off; drive out; turn back; run off
Context examples:
Drive away potential burglars / drive away bad thoughts / dispel doubts / The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
Hypernyms (to "dispel" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dispel"):
frighten (drive out by frightening)
fire (drive out or away by or as if by fire)
clear the air (dispel differences or negative emotions)
banish (drive away)
shoo; shoo away; shoo off (drive away by crying 'shoo!')
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
To cause to separate and go in different directions
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
break up; dissipate; scatter; dispel; disperse
Context example:
She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
Hypernyms (to "dispel" is one way to...):
divide; separate (make a division or separation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dispel"):
disband (cause to break up or cease to function)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
