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Disperse

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Verb

1. disperse, dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle

distribute loosely

Example Sentences:
'He scattered gun powder under the wagon'

2. break up, dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter

to cause to separate and go in different directions

Example Sentences:
'She waved her hand and scattered the crowds'

3. break up, disperse, scatter

cause to separate

Example Sentences:
'break up kidney stones'
'disperse particles'

4. disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

move away from each other

Example Sentences:
'The crowds dispersed'
'The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached'

5. disperse

separate (light) into spectral rays

Example Sentences:
'the prosm disperses light'

6. broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread

cause to become widely known

Example Sentences:
'spread information'
'circulate a rumor'
'broadcast the news'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Disperse

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verb
1. 
to scatter; distribute over a wide area
2. 
to dissipate or cause to dissipate
3. 
to leave or cause to leave a gathering, often in a random manner
4. 
to separate or be separated by dispersion
5. (transitive)
to diffuse or spread (news, information, etc)
6. 
to separate (particles) throughout a solid, liquid, or gas, as in the formation of a suspension or colloid
adjective
7. 
of or consisting of the particles in a colloid or suspension
disperse phase

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Disperse

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verb transitiveWord forms: disˈpersed or disˈpersing
1. 
to break up and scatter in all directions; spread about; distribute widely
2. 
to dispel (mist, etc.)
3. 
to break up (light) into its component colored rays
verb intransitive
4. 
to break up and move in different directions; scatter

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Disperse

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v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. See Synonyms at scatter.
b. To strew or distribute widely: The airplane dispersed the leaflets over the city.
2. To cause to attenuate and disappear: The sun dispersed the fog.
3.
a. To separate (light) into spectral rays.
b. To distribute (particles) evenly throughout a medium.
v.intr.
1. To separate and move in different directions; scatter: The crowd dispersed once the concert ended.
2. To attenuate and vanish; dissipate: The storm clouds had dispersed by noon.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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