🌬️

dispel

verb

/dɪˈspɛl/

Meaning

to make a doubt, feeling, or belief disappear

The teacher's explanation dispelled the students' confusion.

dispel doubts

banish, eliminate, dismiss, drive away, eradicate

gather, accept, keep

dispel doubts, dispel rumors, dispel fears, dispel confusion

To return to a former or less developed state.

To surprise or frighten someone suddenly.

to be disloyal to; to reveal secrets

to oppose or fight against; to withstand

To reduce or take away the worth or value of something.

To manage or oversee the operation of something; to provide or apply.