dispel
verb (used with object)
to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate.
dispels
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present tense formof dispel (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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With the understanding that nothing dispels an air of mystery like a hashtag, a number of modern speakeasy successors have clamped down on social-media posts or even phone use altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
What Thompson-Hernández’s art so easily dispels, no matter the genre it finds a home in, are all the knotty, misguided and trite representations of otherness in our contemporary world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
The report also dispels a common view that guns are mainly owned by rural residents.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
As with most holiday-related rituals, digging into the history of the yule log as a TV tradition dispels some of its mystical wonder, revealing its origin in desperate necessity.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
Then I remember reading Horatio’s letter, and despair, like a cold wind, dispels the momentary peace.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
