0 past simple and past participle of dismiss
1 to decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering:
2 to remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong:
He has been dismissed from his job for incompetence.
The M.P.'s speech was dismissed by her opponents as crude electioneering.
The call for a one-day national strike was dismissed as gesture politics.
The prime minister's proposal was immediately dismissed as a back door tax increase.
Rumours that they are about to marry have been dismissed as pure speculation.
He dismissed Bryan as nothing more than an amateur.
They are central to who we are, and cannot simply be dismissed, decried, or ignored.
To better understand how rock critics frame their evaluations we can look at the critical discourse surrounding artists who are critically dismissed.
Surprised by disappointing turnouts, each rebel leader dismissed his followers homeward by dawn.
