dismiss
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(verb) bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" |
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Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, discount, disregard, ignore, push aside |
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Related Words: discredit, disoblige, flout, laugh away, laugh off, pass off, reject, scoff, turn a blind eye |
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(verb) cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration: "This case is dismissed!" |
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Synonyms: throw out |
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(verb) end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave |
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Synonyms: usher out |
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Related Words: say farewell |
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(verb) stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" |
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Synonyms: drop, send away, send packing |
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Related Words: can, dismiss, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, sack, send away, terminate |
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(verb) terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today" |
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Synonyms: can, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, sack, send away, terminate |
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Related Words: clean out, dismiss, drive out, drop, furlough, lay off, pension off, remove, retire, send away, send packing, squeeze out |
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