drive away

from 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}]

from 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

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