dispelling

Verb

dispel (third-person singular simple present dispels, present participle dispelling, simple past and past participle dispelled)

1. (transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
   • The clouds and mist were soon enough dispelled by the sun.

   Synonyms:

   disperse

2. (transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
   • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.[…]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01

   Synonyms:

   cast away, cast off

3. (Africa, transitive) To get rid of or manage without.

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