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• Whatever doubts I had were quickly dispelled.From the entry whatever
• Concerns that cloud seeding might “steal” water from an area a cloud is traveling toward—robbing Peter to water Paul, as it were—have been dispelled.From the entry as it were
• Admittedly, the most striking feature of his estate did not help to dispel those rumors.2015, Steve Silberman, chapter 1, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York…. From the entry totem
• The whole, long, thick, meaty shaft of it quivered as if eager to dispel my mouth.2002, Jean Marie Stine, Trans-Sexual - Page 68. From the entry meaty
• Estella’s regal, or reginal, bearing certainly does nothing to dispel the notion.1988, Matthew Sturgis, The English Cat at Home, Topsfield, Mass.: Salem House Publishers, published 1989, →ISBN, page 114. From the entry reginal
• The attempt at diversity fell woefully short of dispelling straight stereotypes of us.1979 December 29, Cindy Stein, “Queers in America's Living Rooms”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 23, page 10. From the entry woefully
• It dispelled the muddle into which Bilbo’s phrenetic ravings had crowded my thoughts.1941, Moses Koenigsberg, chapter VII, in King News, page 188. From the entry phrenetic
• Shahzad was not Mirandised until after the initial interrogation dispelled concerns that there might be accomplices planning further car bombing attacks.2012, Peter Robson, Jessica Silbey, Law and Justice on the Small Screen, →ISBN. From the entry Mirandise
• In general terms he was told to refuse nothing which would dispel all ideas of the reëstablishment of Poland.1925, Walter Geer, Napoleon and Marie-Louise: The Fall of the Empire, New York, N.Y.: Brentano’s, page 134. From the entry reëstablishment
• The gloom that had overshadowed the sin-stained race of Atreus is dispelled by the radiance of the glory of Athens.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VIII. Orestea. III: Eumenides”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 228. From the entry Atreus
• Through the manyhanded program of UNICEF, we can in Hallowe'en reach out to dispel some of the very darkness that terrified those ancestors.2009, Patricia M. Boyer, The March of Days: Optimistic Realism through the Seasons of Life, →ISBN. From the entry manyhanded
• Finally delivering “Room on Fire,” the follow-up to their much ballyhooed debut album, the well-heeled but stylishly bedraggled locals try to dispel accusations of one-trick-ponyism.2003, The New Yorker, page 17. From the entry bedraggled
• The sense of eeriness is gradually dispelled, replaced by a mounting sense of exhilaration and wonder as López de Heredia uncorks bottles in the subterranean tasting room.2006, Jay McInerney, A Hedonist in the Cellar, Adventures in Wine. From the entry tasting room
• Usually this attitude is dispelled during mid- to late adolescence as most individuals are forced to confront the reality that some doors are not open to them.2005, Thomas E. Brown, “Adulthood: Managing Responsibilities, Finding a Niche”, in Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in…. From the entry omnipotentiality
• To calm their nerves and dispel the phantoms of their imaginations, the conventionnels proposed a series of fantastic draconian measures designed to insure tranquillity during the voting.1979, David P Jordan, The King's Trial, University of California, published 1979, page 178. From the entry conventionnel
• The many new discoveries and definite stratigraphic evidence of the Sanmen Gorge sites clarify the basic characteristics of these two cultures and dispel the confusion caused by J.1959 February 10, An Chih-ming, “Finds at the Sanmen Gorge”, in Peking Review, volume II, number 6, →OCLC, page 21, column 3. From the entry Mienchih
• The military aspect should, however, be carefully studied, as the result may be to dispel the time-honoured connection between forest and freebooter under modern conditions with long-range rifles.1901 May 10, G. H. Davies, “Forest in War”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 5, page 142. From the entry freebooter

Meaning of dispel

1. verb To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
2. verb To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
3. verb To get rid of or manage without.

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How do you use dispel in a sentence?

Dispel is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The clouds and mist were soon enough dispelled by the sun.”

What is a short sentence with dispel?

“Whatever doubts I had were quickly dispelled.”

What does dispel mean?

Dispel means to drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.