Collocations for dismiss - verb

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

easily, lightly, readily
Children''s fears should never be dismissed lightly.

contemptuously
She contemptuously dismissed their complaints.

cannot/could not, unable to | be difficult to, be easy to, be possible to
It was not easy to dismiss the matter from his thoughts.

try to

as, from
She dismissed their arguments as irrelevant. | She tried to dismiss the idea from her mind.

fairly | unfairly, wrongfully
The court ruled that Ms Hill had been unfairly dismissed.

constructively | summarily

from
He was summarily dismissed from his job.