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'.

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

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

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.

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

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.

dis•perse /dɪˈspɜrs/ v., -persed, -pers•ing. (cause to) become scattered: [no object] The crowd dispersed when the police arrived. [~ + object] The riot police dispersed the crowd. …

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.

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