All 5 Uses of
dispel
in
Gone with the Wind
- Suddenly she thought of Rhett Butler and calm dispelled her fears.†
Chpt 3.22 *
- She opened the three windows, bringing in the smell of oak leaves and earth, but the fresh air could do little toward dispelling the sickening odors which had accumulated for weeks in this close room.†
Chpt 3.24
- But Mammy's first words dispelled this illusion.†
Chpt 3.24
- Remembering these tragedies, a cold dread ran in the veins of those whose motto was "No surrender"—a dread which the very sight of Melanie's soft but unyielding face dispelled.†
Chpt 4.41
- Now that the deed was done, she realized this with a wave of homesickness hard to dispel.†
Chpt 4.36
Definitions:
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(1)
(dispel) to drive away or put an end to something -- especially a feeling, idea, or doubt
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Dispel is generally used to in reference to getting rid of ideas or feelings, but more rarely, it can be used to reference the scattering away of something physical as in: "The noise dispelled the pigeons."