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Meaning of dispel

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dispel
      v 1: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric
           meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad
           thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn
           back many disappointed customers" [syn: {chase away},
           {drive out}, {turn back}, {drive away}, {dispel}, {drive
           off}, {run off}]
      2: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She
         waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: {disperse},
         {dissipate}, {dispel}, {break up}, {scatter}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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