1. Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
   "dispel doubts";
   - chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, drive off, run off
    
2. Cause to separate and go in different directions
   "The wind dispelled the fog";
   - disperse, dissipate, break up, scatter

Derived forms: dispelled, dispelling, dispels

See also: drive

Type of: displace, divide, move, separate