drive away
v : force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric
meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away
bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to
turn back many disappointed customers" [syn: chase away,
drive out, turn back, dispel, drive off, run
off]
WordNet (r) 2.0
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "drive away":
attenuate, beat back, blow off, brush off, cast forth, chase,
chase away, chase off, clear away, cut, dilute, dismiss, dispel,
dissipate, dissolve, drive back, evaporate, fend off, hold off,
keep off, pack off, push back, put back, rebuff, refuse, repel,
repulse, send away, send off, send packing, snub, spurn, thin,
thin out, thrust back, turn back, volatilize, ward off
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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