dispel
verb
[ dɪˈspɛl ]
• make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear.
• "the brightness of the day did nothing to dispel Elaine's dejection"
Similar:
banish,
eliminate,
dismiss,
chase away,
drive away,
drive off,
get rid of,
dissipate,
disperse,
scatter,
disseminate,
relieve,
allay,
ease,
calm,
quell,
check,
put to rest,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin dispellere, from dis- ‘apart’ + pellere ‘to drive’.
