English Dictionary

dispel

verb

(transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering. / (transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.

I want to dispel the rumors about me.

意味（1）

(transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.

意味（2）

(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.

It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.[…]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.