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dis mis

  • v  bar from attention or consideration
    She dismissed his advances
  • v  cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
    This case is dismissed!
  • v  stop associating with
  • v  terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
  • v  end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
    I was dismissed after I gave my report
  • v  declare void

  • The gift of the dismissal is what it showed about Australia's temper and faith.
  • Wroth, the Mayor returned, heard a deputation of citizens demand the dismissal of Gillespie, the support of Emmons' raids.
  • The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge in Boston to dismiss a lawsuit that claims a federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman is .
News & Articles

  • Special prosecutor will contest chef’s bid to dismiss case
    The court-appointed special prosecutor in the felony embezzlement case of Executive Mansion chef Todd Schneider will contest the motion Schneider’s defense attorneys filed to dismiss the case against
    June 22, 2013 - Richmond Times-Dispatch
  • Special prosecutor contests chef’s motion to dismiss case
    The court-appointed special prosecutor in the felony embezzlement case of Executive Mansion chef Todd Schneider will contest the motion Schneider’s defense attorneys filed to dismiss the case against
    June 21, 2013 - Richmond Times-Dispatch
  • Defense: Dismiss charges against mom of slain girl
    Defense lawyers have asked a judge to dismiss neglect charges against northwestern Indiana woman who left her 2-year-old daughter with two people who later killed the child.
    June 20, 2013 - ABC 7 Chicago
Quotes

  • Stuart MacGill in Sydney Morning Herald
    As I said many times last summer, there is no way I will ever walk onto a cricket field unless I can guarantee that I can dismiss top order batsmen consistently,MacGill said.
  • John McCain in The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau (blog)
    Really? I haven't detected that in the polls, I haven't detected that among the base,McCain said. "If there's a Georgetown cocktail party person who, quote, calls himself a conservative who doesn't like her, good luck. I don't dismiss him....

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