Definition: declare void
Usage: The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, ignore, push aside, discount, dismiss, disregard
Definition: bar from attention or consideration
Usage: She dismissed his advances
Similar words: reject
Definition: refuse to accept or acknowledge
Usage: I reject the idea of starting a war; The journal rejected the student's paper
Definition: end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
Usage: I was dismissed after I gave my report
Similar words: say farewell
Definition: say good-bye or bid farewell
Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, send away, sack, terminate, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack
Definition: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
Usage: The boss fired his secretary today; The company terminated 25% of its workers
Similar words: remove
Definition: remove from a position or an office
Synonyms: send away, send packing, drop, dismiss
Definition: stop associating with
Usage: They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock
Similar words: can, dismiss, displace, send away, sack, terminate, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack
Definition: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
Usage: The boss fired his secretary today; The company terminated 25% of its workers