Dispel
verb
To make something, such as a belief or feeling, go away or end.
He made a statement to dispel any rumors about his retirement.
Often appears as...
- dispel doubts
- dispel fears
verb
To remove fears, doubts, and false ideas, usually by proving them wrong or unnecessary.
The governor tried to dispel concerns about the safety of the bridges.
Often appears as...
- dispel concerns
- dispel illusions
verb
To drive off in various directions; disperse.
The morning sun dispelled the dewdrops.
Often appears as...
- dispel darkness
- dispel shadows
Usage tips
Literary
verb
To make something, such as a belief or feeling, go away or end.
He made a statement to dispel any rumors about his retirement.
Often appears as...
- dispel doubts
- dispel fears
verb
To remove fears, doubts, and false ideas, usually by proving them wrong or unnecessary.
The governor tried to dispel concerns about the safety of the bridges.
Often appears as...
- dispel concerns
- dispel illusions
verb
To drive off in various directions; disperse.
The morning sun dispelled the dewdrops.
Often appears as...
- dispel darkness
- dispel shadows
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Impact
Dispel is often used to provide relief or clarity by removing undesirable emotions or beliefs.
The company's clear response helped to dispel the customers' concerns.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Physical
'Dispel' isn't used for tangible items, but for intangible ones like rumors or fears.
The therapist's explanation helped to dispel the patient's unfounded anxieties.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Impact
Dispel is often used to provide relief or clarity by removing undesirable emotions or beliefs.
The company's clear response helped to dispel the customers' concerns.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Physical
'Dispel' isn't used for tangible items, but for intangible ones like rumors or fears.
The therapist's explanation helped to dispel the patient's unfounded anxieties.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Impact
Dispel is often used to provide relief or clarity by removing undesirable emotions or beliefs.
The company's clear response helped to dispel the customers' concerns.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Physical
'Dispel' isn't used for tangible items, but for intangible ones like rumors or fears.
The therapist's explanation helped to dispel the patient's unfounded anxieties.
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How to design a library...
So you have three options, pick any of the three. They're all great, I said. So the basic idea was these would be new school libraries for New York schools, and so the idea is that it's a new thing, a new idea that needs a new name. What I wanted to do was dispel the idea that these were musty old libraries,
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Swimming With Sharks:...
and naturally predate on that. So that was important too. But at the end of the day, I mostly really hope that by showing sharks as something beautiful, as just beautiful animals, making pictures that would intrigue the reader and making them wanna know more might dispel some of that fear.
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Vampire Bats feeding on...
they're attacking from the rear when the sea lion is nowhere there and they keep turning through the head up and then the sea lion moves they just keep following it and the poor sea lions are being harassed i mean they really are aware of them look at him you know it dispels the
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Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...
keep following you and the poor sea lions are being harassed i mean they really are aware of them look at him george you know it dispels the the myth of the you know the set of animals having a quiet sleep at night they're not it's torment it's absolute torment
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Stephen Burt: Why people...
Now, the sun in this poem, in Wallace Stevens' poem, seems so grave because the person in the poem is so afraid. The sun comes up in the morning through branches, dispels the dew, the eyes, on the grass, and defeats stars envisioned as armies.
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The business logic of...
costs are down not up reflecting some four hundred million dollars of avoided cost in pursuit of zero waste the first face of mount sustainability this has paid all the cost for the transformation of interface and this dispels a myth too
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Jeffrey Brown: How we...
And as we were talking with them, a number of myths were dispelled about them with us. And one of the biggest myths was that these kids were cold and heartless and uncharacteristically bold in their violence.
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Creating art that makes...
often think of gin cos the thinker and my youthful optimism is renewed as I continue to work on my synchronized swimmers I'm reminded that these figures here working together dispel the myths
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Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
their lives to us and accept us as just another part of their world we call them the Sawtooth pack and we set out to capture their intimate behavior to dispel myths and show a side of wolves
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The Counterintuitive...
First, he now has the protection of the Prudential insurance helmet, and his expression is changed into a smile. You know why? Because Prudential insurance dispels anxiety.
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How to design a library...
So you have three options, pick any of the three. They're all great, I said. So the basic idea was these would be new school libraries for New York schools, and so the idea is that it's a new thing, a new idea that needs a new name. What I wanted to do was dispel the idea that these were musty old libraries,
Video examples
Swimming With Sharks:...
and naturally predate on that. So that was important too. But at the end of the day, I mostly really hope that by showing sharks as something beautiful, as just beautiful animals, making pictures that would intrigue the reader and making them wanna know more might dispel some of that fear.
Video examples
Vampire Bats feeding on...
they're attacking from the rear when the sea lion is nowhere there and they keep turning through the head up and then the sea lion moves they just keep following it and the poor sea lions are being harassed i mean they really are aware of them look at him you know it dispels the
Video examples
Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...
keep following you and the poor sea lions are being harassed i mean they really are aware of them look at him george you know it dispels the the myth of the you know the set of animals having a quiet sleep at night they're not it's torment it's absolute torment
Video examples
Stephen Burt: Why people...
Now, the sun in this poem, in Wallace Stevens' poem, seems so grave because the person in the poem is so afraid. The sun comes up in the morning through branches, dispels the dew, the eyes, on the grass, and defeats stars envisioned as armies.
Video examples
The business logic of...
costs are down not up reflecting some four hundred million dollars of avoided cost in pursuit of zero waste the first face of mount sustainability this has paid all the cost for the transformation of interface and this dispels a myth too
Video examples
Jeffrey Brown: How we...
And as we were talking with them, a number of myths were dispelled about them with us. And one of the biggest myths was that these kids were cold and heartless and uncharacteristically bold in their violence.
Video examples
Creating art that makes...
often think of gin cos the thinker and my youthful optimism is renewed as I continue to work on my synchronized swimmers I'm reminded that these figures here working together dispel the myths
Video examples
Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
their lives to us and accept us as just another part of their world we call them the Sawtooth pack and we set out to capture their intimate behavior to dispel myths and show a side of wolves
Video examples
The Counterintuitive...
First, he now has the protection of the Prudential insurance helmet, and his expression is changed into a smile. You know why? Because Prudential insurance dispels anxiety.
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Quote examples
Anthony Doerr
American Writer
In my students, I'm always dispelling the notion that characters come like a light bulb over the head in cartoons. For me, it's like a shapeless big lump of clay. You just build it into something, and then you step back and go, 'That's not right,' hack it apart, put out a new arm, and say, 'Maybe this will walk around and work.
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Stanley Kubrick
American Director
Part of my problem is that I cannot dispel the myths that have somehow accumulated over the years. Somebody writes something, it's completely off the wall, but it gets filed and repeated until everyone believes it. For instance, I've read that I wear a football helmet in the car.
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Camryn Manheim
American Actress
On The Practice, I get to do what I love to do, and I am making a contribution that will, in the end, help raise social consciousness, dispel some of the myths about being large, and change the way that people view and interact with large people.
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Brandon Stanton
American Photographer
Wherever I go, I just try to show normal life. If the work helps to dispel stereotypes, it's because I seek not to portray the extremities of a place, but the vast majority of people who are quite normal and are having normal life experiences.
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Ted Dekker
Indonesian Author
It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness as characterized in John 1, that light is very vivid. When it dispels the darkness, we see the brilliance that's there.
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Ingrid Newkirk
British Activist
We all have prejudices to dispel: the need to get away from thinking that 'I' am important and special and 'you' are not, and the frightened mindset that tells us that certain 'others' are of no consequence.
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David O. McKay
American Clergyman
The rising sun can dispel the darkness of night, but it cannot banish the blackness of malice, hatred, bigotry, and selfishness from the hearts of humanity.
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John Burroughs
American Author
In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to dispel the gloom.
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Claude Adrien Helvetius
French Philosopher
Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.
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Franchesca Ramsey
American Comedian
In many ways, being yourself is dispelling stereotypes.
Quote examples
Anthony Doerr
American Writer
In my students, I'm always dispelling the notion that characters come like a light bulb over the head in cartoons. For me, it's like a shapeless big lump of clay. You just build it into something, and then you step back and go, 'That's not right,' hack it apart, put out a new arm, and say, 'Maybe this will walk around and work.
Quote examples
Stanley Kubrick
American Director
Part of my problem is that I cannot dispel the myths that have somehow accumulated over the years. Somebody writes something, it's completely off the wall, but it gets filed and repeated until everyone believes it. For instance, I've read that I wear a football helmet in the car.
Quote examples
Camryn Manheim
American Actress
On The Practice, I get to do what I love to do, and I am making a contribution that will, in the end, help raise social consciousness, dispel some of the myths about being large, and change the way that people view and interact with large people.
Quote examples
Brandon Stanton
American Photographer
Wherever I go, I just try to show normal life. If the work helps to dispel stereotypes, it's because I seek not to portray the extremities of a place, but the vast majority of people who are quite normal and are having normal life experiences.
Quote examples
Ted Dekker
Indonesian Author
It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness as characterized in John 1, that light is very vivid. When it dispels the darkness, we see the brilliance that's there.
Quote examples
Ingrid Newkirk
British Activist
We all have prejudices to dispel: the need to get away from thinking that 'I' am important and special and 'you' are not, and the frightened mindset that tells us that certain 'others' are of no consequence.
Quote examples
David O. McKay
American Clergyman
The rising sun can dispel the darkness of night, but it cannot banish the blackness of malice, hatred, bigotry, and selfishness from the hearts of humanity.
Quote examples
John Burroughs
American Author
In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to dispel the gloom.
Quote examples
Claude Adrien Helvetius
French Philosopher
Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.
Quote examples
Franchesca Ramsey
American Comedian
In many ways, being yourself is dispelling stereotypes.
Example 1 of 10
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