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verscheuchen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dissipate verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
  • shoo verb To wave or gesture at a person or animal to make them go away.

Senses

verscheuchen is used for these senses in English:

  • dissipate (transitive) To drive away, disperse.
  • drive away (idiomatic) To force someone or something to leave
  • shoo (transitive, informal) To induce someone or something to leave.

dissipate — full definition

  1. verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
  2. verb To waste or squander resources, money, or energy.

shoo — full definition

  1. verb To wave or gesture at a person or animal to make them go away.
  2. intj Used to tell an animal or person to go away.

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