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dɪˈspɜrsdis·perse
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disperse
Synonyms:
dispel, scatter, disseminate, separate, break up, spread abroad, deal out, distribute, dissipate
Princeton's WordNet
scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperseverb
distribute loosely
"He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
Synonyms:
circularise, dissipate, spit, pass around, sprinkle, spread, dot, spread out, diffuse, broadcast, disseminate, constellate, sparge, propagate, scatter, pitter-patter, splosh, circularize, break up, patter, dust, spatter, dispel, circulate, stud, splash, distribute, besprinkledisperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatterverb
to cause to separate and go in different directions
"She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
Synonyms:
resolve, circulate, fragmentize, shoot, drive off, separate, spread, sever, interrupt, crash, dot, split up, pick, fool away, dismantle, circularise, break, spread out, break up, recess, disseminate, part, crock up, collapse, drive out, cut off, fragment, turn back, split, circularize, disrupt, chase away, drive away, fragmentise, frivol away, dissolve, dust, crack, pass around, sprinkle, fritter away, diffuse, broadcast, distribute, dissipate, propagate, scatter, fool, calve, break apart, disassemble, take apart, dispel, adjourn, fritter, crack up, decompose, break down, run offbreak up, disperse, scatterverb
cause to separate
"break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
Synonyms:
fragmentise, fragmentize, decompose, collapse, spread, interrupt, crash, dot, split up, pick, dismantle, break up, circularize, recess, sprinkle, part, crock up, sever, cut off, fragment, split, separate, disrupt, pass around, dissolve, circularise, dust, crack, spread out, disassemble, break apart, distribute, diffuse, broadcast, calve, dissipate, propagate, scatter, break down, resolve, take apart, circulate, dispel, adjourn, break, crack up, disseminatedisperse, dissipate, scatter, spread outverb
move away from each other
"The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
Synonyms:
fritter, rotate, unfold, circularise, dissipate, shoot, disseminate, pass around, sprinkle, spread, dot, spread out, frivol away, fool, fool away, broadcast, fan out, string out, open, scatter, circularize, expand, splay, break up, propagate, dust, fritter away, dispel, circulate, distribute, turn out, diffusedisperseverb
separate (light) into spectral rays
"the prosm disperses light"
Synonyms:
circularise, dissipate, disseminate, pass around, sprinkle, spread, dot, spread out, broadcast, scatter, circularize, break up, propagate, dust, dispel, circulate, distribute, diffusecirculate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass aroundverb
cause to become widely known
"spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
Synonyms:
circulate, beam, shell out, fan out, lot, spread, mobilize, pervade, pass on, dish out, dissipate, deal out, allot, dot, overspread, break up, dispense, interpenetrate, dole out, unfold, penetrate, deal, parcel out, circularize, administer, give out, spread out, open, go around, pass around, sprinkle, hand out, mete out, dispel, mobilise, diffuse, broadcast, distribute, pass out, propagate, scatter, transmit, air, circularise, send, riddle, dust, stagger, imbue, permeate, disseminate, circle
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
disperseverb
Synonyms:
scatter, separate, dissipate, dispel, drive to different parts, sow, broadcast, scatter to the windsdisperseverb
Synonyms:
diffuse, disseminate, spreaddisperseverb
Synonyms:
scatter, separate, be scattered, go different ways
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Disperse vs. Disburse -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Disperse and Disburse.
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#207 | part | |
#233 | send | |
#283 | open | |
#478 | air | |
#748 | lot | |
#1274 | deal | |
#1618 | break | |
#2096 | pick | |
#2228 | separate | |
#2930 | dot | |
#3125 | spread | |
#3129 | expand | |
#3201 | circle | |
#3684 | split | |
#3856 | broadcast | |
#4224 | crack | |
#4498 | crash | |
#4566 | dust | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#5471 | beam | |
#5981 | resolve | |
#6422 | stud | |
#6874 | distribute | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#7585 | fool | |
#9616 | transmit | |
#10900 | fragment | |
#11503 | splash | |
#11623 | interrupt | |
#12036 | administer | |
#14225 | rotate | |
#14465 | dispersion | |
#17186 | spit | |
#19568 | diffuse | |
#19598 | recess | |
#19599 | dispersed | |
#19762 | riddle | |
#20130 | disseminate | |
#20422 | penetrate | |
#21160 | scatter | |
#21259 | sprinkle | |
#21915 | disrupt | |
#22476 | dissolve | |
#22983 | emit | |
#25927 | unfold | |
#26691 | circulate | |
#26952 | adjourn | |
#27307 | eject | |
#28071 | propagate | |
#28429 | dispense | |
#28460 | dispersal | |
#28499 | mobilize | |
#30316 | distract | |
#30664 | vomit | |
#32799 | sever | |
#35497 | dismantle | |
#36077 | disperse | |
#40623 | dispel | |
#45153 | allot | |
#45294 | radiate | |
#46656 | decompose | |
#49275 | dissipate | |
#50779 | disassemble | |
#57673 | permeate | |
#60015 | stagger | |
#60040 | mobilise | |
#61891 | patter | |
#72987 | disband | |
#81520 | exude | |
#88024 | splay | |
#96710 | pervade | |
#96725 | imbue | |
#102863 | spatter | |
#132311 | calve | |
#132897 | fritter | |
#154506 | disgorge | |
#184109 | overspread | |
#219972 | sparge |
How to use disperse in a sentence?
It would have been impossible to disarm and disperse the strikers without significant bloodshed.
We had to use teargas and rubber bullets to disperse opposition activists after they smashed nearly a dozen vehicles and set off blasts.
This particular piece of work on the Teacup Galaxy has provided new insight into how the black holes [drive energy] in ordinary galaxies, they appear to be capable of driving jets of charged particles that collide into the gas. You could imagine the ‘jet’ as like a water cannon being driven into a crowd of people - the water cannon collides with the crowd and causes it to break up and disperse rapidly. In this analogy, the crowd represents the gas in the galaxy that is trying to form stars, but is destroyed by the jet.
It would have better effect using a water cannon to disperse people and make them go home.
They fired teargas to disperse our rally and without any provocation or any cause at all.
Translations for disperse
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- разсейвам, разпилявам, разпръсквамBulgarian
- dispersarCatalan, Valencian
- rozptýlit, rozehnatCzech
- zerstreuenGerman
- dispeliEsperanto
- dispersarSpanish
- پراکنده کردنPersian
- levittää, hajottaa, hajaantua, hajotaFinnish
- disperserFrench
- scaoilIrish
- skeayl, scaalheanManx
- फैलानेHindi
- szétszórHungarian
- ցրել, ցրվելArmenian
- difuzarIdo
- distribuire, rifrangere, disperdere, disseminarereItalian
- 흩다Korean
- koraraMāori
- verbreidenDutch
- rozproszyćPolish
- disseminar, dispersar, refratar, distribuir, dissiparPortuguese
- рассе́ивать, преломи́ть, рассы́пать, разбра́сывать, преломля́ть, рассе́ять, раски́дывать, рассыпа́ть, распространи́ть, разогна́ть, разгоня́ть, раскида́ть, разброса́ть, распространя́тьRussian
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