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dismiss : dismis (v.); girawot (v.); taktak (v.)

Glosses: (~ related words)
dismiss
v. (communication)1. brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push asidebar from attention or consideration.; "She dismissed his advances"
~ cold-shoulder, slightpay no attention to, disrespect.; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
~ rejectrefuse to accept or acknowledge.; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
~ discreditcause to be distrusted or disbelieved.; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"
~ shrug offminimize the importance of, brush aside.; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points"
~ pass offdisregard.; "She passed off the insult"
~ flout, scofftreat with contemptuous disregard.; "flout the rules"
~ turn a blind eyerefuse to acknowledge.; "He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office"
~ laugh away, laugh offdeal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it.; "She laughs away all these problems"
~ disobligeignore someone's wishes.
v. (communication)2. dismiss, throw outcease to consider; put out of judicial consideration.; "This case is dismissed!"
v. (social)3. dismiss, drop, send away, send packingstop associating with.; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
~ give notice, give the axe, give the sack, can, force out, sack, send away, displace, dismiss, fire, terminateterminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
~ dropterminate an association with.; "drop him from the Republican ticket"
v. (social)4. can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminateterminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
~ retiremake (someone) retire.; "The director was retired after the scandal"
~ pension offlet go from employment with an attractive pension.; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile"
~ clean outforce out.; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers"
~ furlough, lay offdismiss, usually for economic reasons.; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"
~ squeeze outforce out.; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts"
~ removeremove from a position or an office.
~ send away, send packing, dismiss, dropstop associating with.; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
v. (communication)5. dismiss, usher outend one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave.; "I was dismissed after I gave my report"
~ say farewellsay good-bye or bid farewell.
v. (change)6. dismiss, dissolvedeclare void.; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
~ alter, change, modifycause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
~ dissolve, break upbring the association of to an end or cause to break up.; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"