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Disowned
- verb - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
- prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
- Rejects
Dispatch
- noun - an official report (usually sent in haste)
- complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"
- dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently; "He dispatched the task he was assigned"
- kill intentionally and with premeditation;
- kill without delay; "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators"
- killing a person or animal
- send away towards a designated goal
- the act of sending off something
- the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"
Dispathy
- - Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy.
Dispense
- verb - administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
- give or apply (medications)
- grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task"
Disperse
- verb - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
- cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
- distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
- move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
- Scatter
- separate (light) into spectral rays; "the prosm disperses light"
- to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
Dispirit
- verb - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
Displace
- verb - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
- cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
- take the place of or have precedence over; "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position;
Displant
- - To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants.