as in dispersed
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
the sudden downpour dispelled the throng of street revelers
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Recent Examples of dispelled
Those claims have since been dispelled, but the bathhouses remain.
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Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
Scott Prill, the deputy chief of police for the University of South Carolina, dispelled the rumor, saying the person was carrying an umbrella.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Anybody walking the convention floor will immediately be dispelled of the notion that events like GalaxyCon are only for teenaged boys and middle-aged men nostalgic for their own youth.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
Scott Prill, the deputy chief of police for the University of South Carolina, dispelled the rumor, saying the person was carrying an umbrella.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Anybody walking the convention floor will immediately be dispelled of the notion that events like GalaxyCon are only for teenaged boys and middle-aged men nostalgic for their own youth.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispelled
dispersed
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With tens of thousands of attendees having now dispersed, vital witnesses or clues could be lost.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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In that instance, a large number of officers arrived and dispersed the crowd through verbal commands.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Dispelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispelled. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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