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- From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English di‧sperse /dɪˈspɜːs $ -ɜːrs/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive] 1 if a group of people disperse or are dispersed, they go away in different directions Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. 2 if something disperses or is dispersed, it spreads in different directions over a wide area The clouds dispersed as quickly as they had gathered. → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus disperse • It was at this point that police initially peacefully...
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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.
- CROWD DISPERSES definition and meaning
A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered...
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When a group of people disperses or when someone disperses...
- CROWD DISPERSES definition and meaning
A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
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. [VERB noun] The crowd dispersed peacefully after prayers. [VERB] Synonyms: break up, separate, dismiss, disappear More Synonyms of disperse.
disperse. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English di‧sperse /dɪˈspɜːs $ -ɜːrs/ verb [intransitive, transitive] 1 if a group of people disperse or are dispersed, they go away in different directions Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. 2 if something disperses or is dispersed, it spreads in different directions over a wide ...
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.
disperse implies a wider separation and a complete breaking up of a mass or group. police dispersed the crowd dissipate stresses complete disintegration or dissolution and final disappearance.
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.
