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
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
Bartelli’s shake of my cot, and his announcement that it was “seven bells”—half-past seven, which was my hour for rising—would often be a rude dispeller of such fancies, whilst the Fairchilds were on board.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
Thou art celebrated over the whole world as a great dispeller of doubts.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Silent and lonely thought is a sad dispeller of enchantments.
From The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
