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      • How does the verb disperse differ from other similar words? Some common synonyms of disperse are dispel, dissipate, and scatter. While all these words mean "to cause to separate or break up," disperse implies a wider separation and a complete breaking up of a mass or group.
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  2. 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. [...] More. Conjugations of 'disperse' present simple: I disperse, you disperse [...]

  3. 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. [...]

  4. 1. verb. When something disperses or when you disperse it, it spreads over a wide area. The oil appeared to be dispersing. [VERB] The intense currents disperse the sewage. [VERB noun] Because the town sits in a valley, air pollution is not easily dispersed. [VERB noun] Synonyms: scatter, spread, distribute, circulate More Synonyms of disperse.

  5. The verb 'disperse' has its etymological roots in Latin. It is derived from the Latin word 'dispergere,' which is a combination of 'dis' (meaning 'apart') and 'spargere' (meaning 'to scatter' or 'to spread').

  6. [transitive, intransitive] disperse (something) to spread or to make something spread over a wide area synonym scatter. The seeds are dispersed by the wind.

  7. 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.