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verb
[with object] order or allow to leave; send away:she dismissed the taxi at the corner of the road discharge from employment or office:CBS Records dismissed another 120 people treat as unworthy of serious consideration:it would be easy to dismiss him as all brawn and no brain deliberately cease to think about:he suspected a double meaning in her words, but dismissed the thought [no object] (of a group assembled under someone’s authority) disperse:he told his company to dismiss Law refuse further hearing to (a case):the judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence
