- dismiss
- verb1 decide sth is not importantADVERB▪ quickly▪ immediately, out of hand, summarily▪
He dismissed her suggestion out of hand.
▪ blithely, casually, cavalierly (esp. AmE), easily, lightly, readily, simply▪Children's fears should never be dismissed lightly.
▪ contemptuously▪She contemptuously dismissed their complaints.
▪ completely, entirely, outright▪His plan was dismissed outright by his friends.
▪ routinely▪Such reports are routinely dismissed as hysteria.
VERB + DISMISS▪ be unable to, cannot▪ not be possible to▪It is no longer possible to dismiss the link between climate change and carbon emissions.
▪ be difficult to, be easy to▪It is easy to dismiss him as nothing more than an old fool.
▪ try toPREPOSITION▪ as▪She dismissed their arguments as irrelevant.
▪ from▪She tried to dismiss the idea from her mind.
2 remove sb from a jobADVERB▪ fairly▪ unfairly, wrongfully (esp. BrE)▪The court ruled that Ms Hill had been unfairly dismissed.
▪ constructively (BrE)▪ summarilyPREPOSITION▪ from▪He was summarily dismissed from his job.
Dismiss is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accusation, ↑allegation, ↑appeal, ↑argument, ↑batsman, ↑case, ↑charge, ↑claim, ↑class, ↑complaint, ↑concern, ↑criticism, ↑employee, ↑idea, ↑importance, ↑indictment, ↑juror, ↑meeting, ↑minister, ↑notion, ↑petition, ↑possibility, ↑report, ↑side, ↑speculation, ↑staff, ↑suggestion, ↑suit, ↑view, ↑worker, ↑worry
Collocations dictionary. 2013.