dispel

Meaning

Verb

1. To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
2. To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.

Noun

An act or instance of dispelling.

Synonyms

remove

disperse

drive away

scatter

dissipate

destroy

chase away

expel

drive off

relieve

break up

eliminate

clear away

drive out

break

turn back

get rid of

allay

banish

chase

run off

disband

alleviate

shatter

smash up

soothe

take away

wipe out

wrack

make disappear

make vanish

large boat

spread around

away

batter down

boat

⛵

calm down

cast out

clear

deport

diffuse

dissolve

distribute

drive

ease

eradicate

exile

hunt

hush up

knock out

move

refresh

reject

rout

ruin

settle

Hyphenated as

di‧spel

Pronounced as (IPA)

[dɪˈspɛɫ]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dispelen

In summary

From Middle English dispelen, from Latin dispellere (“to disperse; to dispel”).