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 a …

The refugees left without anything and ended up dispersed all over the region. Some minorities have become so dispersed through the urban population that they find it difficult to retain their identity.

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 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.

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

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

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.