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dispelling

noun as in evaporation

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The owner was asked Thursday about the rumors that tweet spawned, and while he did not address them directly or confirm whether the meeting took place, he went further than he had in the past to dispel optimism about a possible return.

“The folks that said they would never become a gun owner were trusting the police to protect them, and that delusion has been dispelled,” he said.

A negative would go a long way toward dispelling suspicions that she was somehow complicit.

Nadler subverts the potentially familiar plot once again, dispelling with a penstroke the possibilities for star-crossed love.

So Obama and the Democrats should spend part of next week dispelling the five myths that have the potential to singe.

Later, in a statement, he added, “The White House has not done a very good job of dispelling the concerns of these citizens.”

So just how lucrative—and widespread—is the business of attending meetings and dispelling wisdom?

There was a whole dream-dispelling work to be done before thinking of immediate action.

We despair of ever dispelling these creatures by pungent pleasantries—of routing them by sharp censure.

Moonlight talk drifted easily into talk about artificial methods of dispelling darkness.

The sun, with every promise of a fine day, was slowly dispelling the mist from the valley and woodlands below.

And they recited mantras capable of dispelling Rakshasas and (to that end) also performed rites.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dispelling, such as: dispersal, melting, dehydration, desiccation, disappearance, and dissipation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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