dispel
verb (used with object), dis·pelled, dis·pel·ling.
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Related Words for dispelled
resolve, dismiss, dissipate, disperse, allay, eliminate, oust, disband, eject, expel, disintegrate, rout, distribute, scramble, repel, deploy, cancel, crumble, scatter, banishExamples from the Web for dispelled
Contemporary Examples of dispelled
But at least the illusion of a short-cut to individual and national wealth has been dispelled.
I've changed my mind about same-sex marriage as experience has dispelled my fears of the harms from same-sex marriage.
But Saif dispelled the myth that his fingers had been cut off in revenge.
In His First Interview, Saif al-Islam Says He Has Not Been Given Access to a LawyerFred Abrahams
December 30, 2011
But, Gazzaniga argues, neuroscience has dispelled the myth of such a self, of such a “you.”
Further, as evidenced by the Toscano shocker, the curse on Idol's women has been far from dispelled.
Historical Examples of dispelled
Just a tiny little ray of sunshine had dispelled all the gloom for a minute.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
The coming of daylight dispelled his fears but increased his loneliness.
White FangJack London
A sudden discharge of shot from the savages in ambush, dispelled that hope.
Chronicles of Border WarfareAlexander Scott Withers
The last doubts were then dispelled; the attack was coming from the east.
Had Olivier and his father the least suspicion, it would have been dispelled at once by this testimony.
Therese RaquinEmile Zola