dispel

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
  2. verb to cause to separate and go in different directions

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, drive off, run off

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