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  2. DISPERSE definition: 1. to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this: 2. to spread…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of DISPERSE is to cause to break up. How to use disperse in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Disperse.

  4. verb (used without object) , dis·persed, dis·pers·ing. to separate and move apart in different directions without order or regularity; become scattered: The crowd dispersed. to be dispelled; be scattered out of sight; vanish: The smoke dispersed into the sky. Synonyms: evanesce, disappear.

  5. Synonyms: scatter, spread, distribute, circulate More Synonyms of disperse. 2. verb. When a group of people disperses or when someone disperses them, the group splits up and the people leave in different directions. Police fired shots and used teargas to disperse the demonstrators.

  6. Disperse is to spread out people or things, making them move in different directions. Imagine yourself standing on a basketball court holding a cup packed tight with marbles. If you turn it over, the marbles will disperse across the floor, moving away from you in all directions.

  7. to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this: When the rain came down the crowds started to disperse. Police dispersed the crowd that had gathered. Compare. disseminate formal. Fewer examples. Outside the church, the congregation shook hands with the vicar and began to disperse.

  8. Definitions of 'disperse'. 1. When something disperses or when you disperse it, it spreads over a wide area. [...] 2. When a group of people disperses or when someone disperses them, the group splits up and the people leave in different directions. [...]