Collocations for dismiss - verb

quickly
immediately, out of hand, summarily
He dismissed her suggestion out of hand.

blithely, casually, cavalierly (esp. AmE), easily, lightly, readily, simply
Children's fears should never be dismissed lightly.

contemptuously
She contemptuously dismissed their complaints.

completely, entirely, outright
His plan was dismissed outright by his friends.

routinely
Such reports are routinely dismissed as hysteria.

be unable to, cannot
not be possible to
It is no longer possible to dismiss the link between climate change and carbon emissions.

be difficult to, be easy to
It is easy to dismiss him as nothing more than an old fool.

try to

as
She dismissed their arguments as irrelevant.

from
She tried to dismiss the idea from her mind.

fairly
unfairly, wrongfully (esp. BrE)
The court ruled that Ms Hill had been unfairly dismissed.

constructively (BrE)
summarily

from
He was summarily dismissed 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