dispel
dispel is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions.
- verb. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
"Drive away potential burglars"
"drive away bad thoughts"
- verb. to cause to separate and go in different directions
"She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
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Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dispel:
disple, lisped, sliped, spiled
Common word forms
dispels, dispelled, dispeller, dispelling
Words from these letters
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