dispel
verb (used with object)
to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate.
dispeller
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a word derived from
dispel.
Example Sentences
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The men finished in a semicircle on the ground, offering prayers to the Hindu sun god: “O Surya, the shining one, the radiant one, dispeller of darkness, source of life.”
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019
Of immeasurable might and energy, and of immeasurable courage and prowess, he came to be called by the name of Virabhadra—that dispeller of the goddess's wrath.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
It was the dispeller of gloom, the bringer of hope.
From The U. P. Trail by Zane Grey
O Thou forgiver of sins, bestower of gifts, dispeller of afflictions!
From Bahá’í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by Báb
For the wand of Dionysus punishes sufficiently the drunken man, but if anger be added it turns wine from being the dispeller of care and inspirer of the dance into a savage and fury.
From Plutarch's Morals by Arthur Richard Shilleto
