The denials have not, however, dispelled doubts.
Nick Clegg has said that the Lib Dems have dispelled doubts about their ability to govern.
He has dispelled doubts about his capacity to be prime minister.
Hugh Trevor-Roper, an authority on the Hitler period, was among the luckless academics who dispelled doubts about their authenticity.
The 29-year-old has dispelled doubts about his ability to produce at the higher level with 17 goals in all competitions this season, including two hat-tricks.
Although faint and unfinished, it dispelled doubts about the surface picture's attribution to the 17th-century Dutch master, to the excitement of art historians.
In sum, a reversal of fortunes, but one that did not fully cancel out the gains Romney made last time, when he handily dispelled doubts about his ability to stand on a presidential stage.
"His image has changed" and he has "dispelled doubts about his authority," says Zaki Laïdi at Sciences-Po university.Might such uncharacteristic boldness abroad translate into the same at home?
Ghana have dispelled doubts over their chances of winning a fifth Africa Cup of Nations title following their lacklustre display against Guinea.
That word 'paramount' has a reassuring resonance, dispelling doubt and justifying decisive action.
Specifically, in place of checking criteria off lists, researchers must explain, in sufficient enough detail to dispel doubt, how the data were obtained, and why they should be believed to be authentic.
