dispel
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
Drive away potential burglars
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- rouse verb group
Sense 2 verb
to cause to separate and go in different directions
She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dispersal derivation
- strewing derivation
- scatter derivation
- dispersion derivation
- dissipation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | rouse |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | frighten |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clear the air |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | banish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoo off |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | strewing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissipation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | divide |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | disband |