[ UK /dɪspˈɜːs/ ]
[ US /dɪˈspɝs/ ]
VERB
  1. cause to separate
    break up kidney stones
    disperse particles
  2. to cause to separate and go in different directions
    She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
  3. move away from each other
    The crowds dispersed
    The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
  4. distribute loosely
    He scattered gun powder under the wagon
  5. separate (light) into spectral rays
    the prism disperses light
  6. cause to become widely known
    spread information
    circulate a rumor
    broadcast the news
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How To Use disperse In A Sentence

  • Already well dispersed, they probably acquired iron technology around 500 C.E. On their route eastward, the Bantu speakers skirted the northern forest edge toward the interlacustrine region of East Africa. D. Africa, 500-1500
  • Nilufer Bharucha, faculty in the department of English and project coordinator, explained that the term diaspora means to be scattered or dispersed across national boundaries, and has been self-consciously used today by postcolonial theorists to describe those who got displaced from their home owing to colonial politics and post-colonial economic realities. Analysis
  • As it was evident he was in no mood for converse, Sybil, who seemed to exercise considerable authority over the crew, with a word dispersed them, and they herded back to their respective habitations. Rookwood
  • When flammable powders are dispersed in the air, they can explode.
  • The topics in those categories that were less widely dispersed throughout the curriculum included stereochemistry, drug design, drug nomenclature, natural products and biotechnology.
  • When water levels subside and water stops flowing from the Main Pool, the carp disperse.
  • Police in riot gear dispersed the demonstration.
  • Thedrain saturation current is increased 10% after bonding. To disperse heat of GaNHEMT, this flip chip bonding method seems to be simple and effective.
  • Much will be dispersed by helicopter, and possibly some by boat to smaller or more remote riverside communities.
  • The soldiers were dispersed along a bank.
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