dismissing

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Why then, do individuals such as Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi insist on publicly denigrating, dismissing, and disputing everything that comes out of his mouth?

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  1. transitive verb To end the employment or service of; discharge.
  2. transitive verb To direct or allow to leave: dismissed troops after the inspection; dismissed the student after reprimanding him.
  3. transitive verb To stop considering; rid one's mind of; dispel: dismissed all thoughts of running for office.

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  • Why then, do individuals such as Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi insist on publicly denigrating, dismissing, and disputing everything that comes out of his mouth? —  The Reality Check
  • In response to the interview, Laura Ingraham played a segment of Meghan McCain's interview with Maddow, and then Ingraham made a comment about how fat she believes McCain is -- dismissing McCain because she's not as thin as a Barbie doll. —  Pam's House Blend - Front Page
  • Or, to put it another way, does he adopt the same attitude to all advertising, not just atheist advertising - dismissing it as a waste of time because it fails in setting out an elaborate chain of reasons? —  British Blogs
  • He then sent for English and American doctors--dismissing them in turn to make way for a Japanese who had him in charge when I left Wuchang. —  The Awakening of China
  • From the dignity of his eighteen years and five feet ten of height, he looked down upon the governess, and patronized her quite tenderly--dismissing his friend and walking home with her, telling her on the way all his affairs and that of his family with the volubility of little David Dalziel at St. Andrews No, I've not forgotten St. Andrews one bit, though I was so small. —  The Laurel Bush
 

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