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Dismiss

//dɪsˈmɪs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To discharge; to end the employment or service of. transitive

    "The company dismissed me after less than a year."

  2. 2
    declare void wordnet
  3. 3
    To order to leave. transitive

    "The soldiers were dismissed after the parade."

  4. 4
    bar from attention or consideration wordnet
  5. 5
    To dispel; to rid one’s mind of. transitive

    "He dismissed all thoughts of acting again."

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  1. 6
    cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration wordnet
  2. 7
    To reject; to refuse to accept. transitive

    "The court dismissed the case."

  3. 8
    end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave wordnet
  4. 9
    To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration. transitive

    "By telling the victim to "get over it", the listener dismissed the victim's feelings."

  5. 10
    terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position wordnet
  6. 11
    To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as). transitive

    "She dismissed him with a wave of the hand."

  7. 12
    stop associating with wordnet
  8. 13
    To get a batsman out. transitive

    "He was dismissed for 99 runs."

  9. 14
    To give someone a red card; to send off. transitive

    "Kalinic later saw red for a rash tackle on Paul Scharner before Gabriel Tamas was dismissed for bringing down Diouf."

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin dimissus (“sent away, dismissed, banished”), perfect passive participle of dīmittō (“send away, dismiss”), from dis- + mittere (“to send”).

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