dismissal

dismissal: noun

1 from a job

ADJECTIVE

▪ automatic, immediate, instant (esp. BrE), summary

▪ His attack on the manager led to his instant dismissal.

▪ constructive (BrE), unfair, wrongful

▪ She won her claim for constructive dismissal because she had been pressured into resigning.

▪ an employee claim for unfair dismissal

VERB + DISMISSAL

▪ lead to

▪ call for

▪ Crash victims are calling for the dismissal of the bus driver.

▪ be faced with, be threatened with, face, risk

▪ They were warned that they risked dismissal if the strike continued.

▪ warrant

▪ These mistakes were not nearly serious enough to warrant his dismissal.

▪ appeal (AmE), appeal against (BrE), claim

▪ Cooke, who was with the firm 30 years, claims unfair dismissal.

▪ uphold (esp. AmE)

▪ The court upheld the dismissal.

PREPOSITION

▪ dismissal for

▪ his dismissal for poor performance

▪ dismissal on the grounds of

▪ She is now faced with dismissal on the grounds of misconduct.

PHRASES

▪ grounds for dismissal, reason for dismissal

2 refusing to consider sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ arrogant, casual, cavalier (esp. AmE), easy

▪ abrupt, curt, offhand

▪ outright, wholesale

▪ His wholesale dismissal of women composers is indefensible.

PREPOSITION

▪ dismissal of

▪ his callous dismissal of her father's illness

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