| VERB | communication | dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore | bar from attention or consideration |
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| communication | dismiss, throw out | cease to consider | |
| social | dismiss, send packing, send away, drop | stop associating with | |
| social | dismiss, displace, fire, give notice, can, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate | terminate the employment of | |
| communication | dismiss, usher out | end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave | |
| change | dismiss, dissolve | declare void |
| Sounds | dihsmih's | |
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| Rhymes | abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs... | |
| Meaning | bar from attention or consideration. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "She dismissed his advances" | |
| Synonyms | disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore | |
| Narrower | discredit | Cause to be distrusted or disbelieved |
| disoblige | ignore someone's wishes / wishes | |
| laugh off, laugh away | Deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it | |
| pass off | disregard | |
| scoff, flout | treat with contemptuous disregard | |
| shrug off | minimize the importance of, brush aside | |
| slight, cold-shoulder | pay no attention to, disrespect | |
| turn a blind eye | refuse / refuse to acknowledge | |
| Broader | reject | refuse to accept or acknowledge |
| Spanish | descartar, desoír, destituir, excluir, ignorar | |
| Catalan | deixar de banda, descartar, destituir, excloure | |
| Adjectives | dismissive | showing indifference / indifference or disregard |
| Meaning | Cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "This case is dismissed!" | |
| Synonym | throw out | |
| Spanish | absolver, rechazar | |
| Catalan | absoldre un acusat, absoldre, rebutjar | |
| Nouns | dismissal | a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial |
| Meaning | stop associating with. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | send packing, send away, drop | |
| Broader | displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate | Terminate the employment of |
| Similar to | drop | terminate an association with |
| Spanish | echar, largar | |
| Catalan | fer marxar | |
| Meaning | Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Synonyms | displace, fire, give notice, can, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate | |
| Narrower | clean out | Force out |
| dismiss, send packing, send away, drop | stop associating with | |
| furlough, lay off | dismiss, usually for economic reasons | |
| pension off | let go from employment with an attractive pension | |
| retire | make (someone) retire | |
| squeeze out | Force out | |
| Broader | remove | Remove from a position or an office |
| Opposite | hire, engage, employ | Engage or hire for work |
| Spanish | dar aviso, dejar cesante, despachar, despedir, destituir, echar, exonerar, finiquitar, poder | |
| Catalan | acomiadar, despedir, destituir, fer fora | |
| Adjectives | dismissible | subject to dismissal |
| Nouns | dismissal, dismission | the termination of someone's employment / employment (leaving them free to depart) |
| Meaning | end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "I was dismissed after I gave my report" | |
| Synonym | usher out | |
| Broader | say farewell | say good-bye or bid farewell |
| Catalan | despedir, fer marxar | |
| Adjectives | dismissive | stopping to associate with |
| Nouns | dismissal | permission to go |
| Meaning | declare void. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | dissolve | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Similar to | dissolve, break up | Bring the association / association / association of to an end or cause to break up |
| Spanish | disolver, proscribir | |
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