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Cause to separate or break up
- scatter, disperse, dissipate, dispel mean to cause to separate or break up. scatter implies a force that drives parts or units irregularly in many directions. the bowling ball scattered the pins disperse implies a wider separation and a complete breaking up of a mass or group.
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DISPERSE definition: 1. to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this: 2. to spread…. Learn more.
adjective. uk / dɪˈspɜːst / us / dɪˈspɝːst / Add to word list. spread across a large area: Internet technology allows us to work from anywhere and collaborate with geographically dispersed team members. It will be much harder to distribute food and clean water to dispersed communities. Fewer examples.
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.
DISPERSE meaning: 1. to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this: 2. to spread…. Learn more.
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.
(dɪspɜːʳst ) adjective. Things that are dispersed are situated in many different places, a long way apart from each other. ...his widely dispersed businesses. They live high in the Andes, in small and dispersed groups. Synonyms: spread-out, extensive, scattered, sprawling More Synonyms of dispersed. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
