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dispelling

 
Verb dispel has 2 senses
  1. chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off - 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"
    --1 is one way to move, displace
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter - to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
    --2 is one way to separate, divide
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
dispatching dispate dispecable dispeceable dispel dispel dispelled dispeller dispelling dispels dispence dispenced dispencer dispendieuse dispending dispendious dispensability

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