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present tense third-person singular of dismiss
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1
to let go from office, service, or employment
- the secretary was dismissed after it was discovered that she was stealing office supplies
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2
to drive or force out
- the sick boy's nurse dismissed the visitors so he could get some rest
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- banishes,
- boots (out),
- bounces,
- casts out,
- chases,
- drums (out),
- ejects,
- expels,
- extrudes,
- kicks out,
- ousts,
- outs,
- routs,
- runs off,
- throws out,
- turfs (out)
- [chiefly British],
- turns out
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- gives one the gate
- [slang],
- sends packing
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3
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
- critics dismissed his music as mere noise
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- approves,
- countenances,
- endorses
- (also indorses),
- favors,
- recommends,
- sanctions
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