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v. end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave; "I was dismissed after I gave my report"

throw out

v. cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!"

drop, send away, send packing

v. stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore

v. bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"

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adjourn, recess, break up

v. close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"

keep out

v. remain outside

chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off

v. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

quench

v. cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"

give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate

v. terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman"

disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with

v. terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"

ignore, disregard, snub, cut

v. refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"

question, query

v. pose a question

discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

disavow

v. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

disclaim

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

disinherit, disown

v. prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

condemn

v. appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway"

oppose, controvert, contradict

v. be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"

protest, resist, dissent

v. express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"

disobey

v. refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired"

disparage, belittle, pick at

v. express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"

send, direct

v. cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"

greet, recognize, recognise

v. express greetings upon meeting someone

accept

v. consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

admit, acknowledge

v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

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