Dismiss
Common collocations
| character | dismiss character | send character |
| people | dismiss people | send people |
| someone | dismiss someone | send someone |
| army | dismiss army | send army |
| Other words: characters, information, anyone, player, everyone. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Thus making sure Lelouch can't dismiss her out of hand or send her back to Britannia.
Source: Fanfic / Dauntless - However, both dads dismiss Claire's objections, work to protect her, and send her back home but Claire uses her free pass to rebel against her dads by secretly hiding super-powered people.
- It's easy to forget that villains are also subject to this trope, as somebody can dismiss a Tragic Villain's problems as Wangst and want to send them to the gallows because they kicked a hundred dogs, even though they were forced to.
Source: Analysis / Ron the Death Eater
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Send or Dismiss. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dismiss/send.
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