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# dispel

verb (dispel, dispels, dispelled, dispelling)

«dispel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make a feeling, fear, doubt or false belief go away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispel/#m1)
2. (less common) To drive away or scatter something, like fog or clouds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispel/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and fact-checking, people dispel myths with evidence; in stories, a kind word dispels fear; phrases: «dispel a myth», «dispel fears», «dispel rumours».

### Examples

- The scientist dispelled the myth that goldfish have a three-second memory. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispel/#x1)
- Her smile dispelled my worries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispel/#x2)
- The sun soon dispelled the morning mist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispel/#x3)
- The teacher tried to dispel rumours about the school closing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispel/#x4)
- Turning on the light dispelled our fear of the dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispel/#x5)
- The facts dispelled any doubt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispel/#x6)
- We wrote a leaflet to dispel common myths about bats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispel/#x7)
- However, he soon perceived her melancholy, and in a thousand ways strove to dispel the cloud, but in vain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispel/#x8)

### Note

Double l in past forms: dispelled, dispelling. Spelling trap: only one «l» in dispel. Used with myths, fears, doubts, rumours, not with physical objects (you do not «dispel» a ball).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dispel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dispel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dispel.html) on Mova free.