dispelling
Making something vanish
Dispelling is driving away or causing to vanish.
You dispel doubts, fears, rumors, or myths—things insubstantial that dissolve under scrutiny or effort: Her calm explanation dispelled any concerns about the procedure.
The word suggests scattering something that had gathered, like wind dispelling fog.
Total elimination of something
- removalAct of taking away
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- clearingTreeless space in forest
scattering · vanishing · lifting · breaking · fading · erasure · obliteration · neutralizing
Ritual to expel demons
- wardingDefending against approach
- repellingPushing away forcefully
- casting outForcing to leave
- purgingForcible elimination of unwanted
cleansing · banishment · expulsion · riddance · removal · repudiation · rejection · dismissal
Proving claims false
- misconceptionErroneous belief or understanding
- fallacyError in reasoning
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
hoax · untruth · delusion · misbelief · rumor · falsehood · fabrication · skepticism
Making meaning plain
- demystificationExplaining the obscure
- elucidationAct of explaining clearly
- illuminationProvision of light
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
explanation · disambiguation · unraveling · decoding · insight · revelation · understanding · explication
eradication
Total elimination of something
- removalAct of taking away
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
clearing · scattering · vanishing · lifting · breaking · fading · erasure · obliteration · neutralizing · nullifying
exorcism
Ritual to expel demons
- wardingDefending against approach
- repellingPushing away forcefully
- casting outForcing to leave
purging · cleansing · banishment · expulsion · riddance · removal · repudiation · rejection · dismissal · scattering
debunking
Proving claims false
- misconceptionErroneous belief or understanding
- fallacyError in reasoning
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
misinformation · hoax · untruth · delusion · misbelief · rumor · falsehood · fabrication · skepticism · disproof
clarification
Making meaning plain
- demystificationExplaining the obscure
- elucidationAct of explaining clearly
- illuminationProvision of light
enlightenment · explanation · disambiguation · unraveling · decoding · insight · revelation · understanding · explication · interpretation
- magical effectsinvisibility, teleportation, levitation, enchantment, hex
- exorcismexorcism, exorcist, demon, possession, possessed
- spellcraftcantrip, incantation, hex, jinx, cursing
- defenseswall, walls, fence, gate, barrier
dispellinggathering
Collection of people meeting
collecting · assembling · amassing · accumulating · clustering
spell, propel, repel, expel, compel, impel, dispel, dispelled, dispels