disperse
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(verb) move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"; |
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Synonyms: dissipate, scatter, spread out |
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Related Words: break, part, separate, split, volley |
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(verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example; "She waved her hand and scattered the crows." |
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Synonyms: break up, dispel, dissipate, scatter |
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Related Words: disband, divide, separate |
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(verb) cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles" |
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Synonyms: break up, scatter |
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Related Words: backscatter, change integrity |
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(verb) distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon." |
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Synonyms: dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle |
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Related Words: aerosolize, bespangle, discharge, plash, spatter, splash, splatter, splosh, spray, sprinkle, swash |
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(verb) as of information |
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Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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Related Words: air, bandy about, bare, carry, popularize, publicise, publicize, run, sough, sow, vulgarize |
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