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[syn: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
drive away
v 1: 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, drive away, dispel, drive
off, run off]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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