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dismiss

verb [T often passive] (END JOB)
 
 
/dɪˈsmɪs/

Definition

C1 to remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong: He has been dismissed from his job for incompetence.Firing staff and being fired
(Definition of dismiss verb (END JOB) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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