verb
1 decide sth is not important
ADVERB
▪ quickly
▪ immediately , out of hand , summarily
▪
He ~ed her suggestion out of hand.
▪ blithely , casually , cavalierly ( esp. AmE ), easily , lightly , readily , simply
▪
Children's fears should never be ~ed lightly.
▪ contemptuously
▪
She contemptuously ~ed their complaints.
▪ completely , entirely , outright
▪
His plan was ~ed outright by his friends.
▪ routinely
▪
Such reports are routinely ~ed as hysteria.
VERB + DISMISS
▪ be unable to , cannot
▪ not be possible to
▪
It is no longer possible to ~ the link between climate change and carbon emissions.
▪ be difficult to , be easy to
▪
It is easy to ~ him as nothing more than an old fool.
▪ try to
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
She ~ed their arguments as irrelevant.
▪ from
▪
She tried to ~ the idea from her mind.
2 remove sb from a job
ADVERB
▪ fairly
▪ unfairly , wrongfully ( esp. BrE )
▪
The court ruled that Ms Hill had been unfairly ~ed.
▪ constructively ( BrE )
▪ summarily
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
He was summarily ~ed from his job.
Dismiss is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ court , ↑ judge , ↑ tribunal
Dismiss is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ accusation , ↑ allegation , ↑ appeal , ↑ argument , ↑ batsman , ↑ case , ↑ charge , ↑ claim , ↑ class , ↑ complaint , ↑ concern , ↑ criticism , ↑ employee , ↑ idea , ↑ importance , ↑ indictment , ↑ juror , ↑ meeting , ↑ minister , ↑ notion , ↑ petition , ↑ possibility , ↑ report , ↑ side , ↑ speculation , ↑ staff , ↑ suggestion , ↑ suit , ↑ view , ↑ worker , ↑ worry