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. disperse implies a wider separation and …

When refugees proved reluctant to be 'dispersed', government dismissed their resistance as 'irrational'.

Disperse definition: to drive or send off in various directions; scatter.. See examples of DISPERSE used in a sentence.

Scattered, separated, or spread through a large area.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

Anything that's distributed or spread out can be described as dispersed, used either as an adjective or a verb. Seeds that are planted evenly across a huge field are dispersed.

Definition of disperse verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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. 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.

Police ordered the crowd to disperse. The clouds dispersed [= broke], revealing blue sky above. The fog gradually dispersed [= dissipated, vanished] as the day grew warmer.

Synonyms for DISPERSED: dissipated, scattered, disappeared, dissolved, faded, disassembled, divided, evaporated; Antonyms of DISPERSED: gathered, met, congregated, collected, …