Usually means: Eliminate, do away with something.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (dispense with)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To eliminate or do without.

Similar:
forgo, part with, give up, relinquish, waive, foreswear, spare, do away with, dispose, eliminate, more...

Opposite:
retain, keep, hold onto

Phrases:
to dispense with, dispense with services, more...

Adjectives:
abstract, void, away, clear, ejective, castoff, total, shot, fire, obliterate, disappeared

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Similar:
forgo, part with, give up, relinquish, waive, foreswear, spare, do away with, dispose, eliminate, more...

Opposite:
retain, keep, hold onto

Phrases:
to dispense with, dispense with services, more...

Adjectives:
abstract, void, away, clear, ejective, castoff, total, shot, fire, obliterate, disappeared



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