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disperse

verb

1 disperse

Distribute loosely.

synonyms: dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle.

Roget 638: spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust; impoverish; spill, drain, empty; disperse etc. 73.    cast away, ... show more

Roget 291: diverge, divaricate, radiate; ramify; branch off, glance off, file off; fly off, fly off at a tangent; spread, scatter, disperse etc. ... show more

Dutch: verstrooien

2 disperse

To cause to separate and go in different directions.

synonyms: break up, dispel, dissipate, scatter.

Roget 44: be disjoined &c.; come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces; peel off; get loose.    disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair; ... show more

Roget 49: decompose, decompound; analyze, disembody, dissolve; resolve into its elements, separate into its elements; electrolyze [Chem]; dissect, decentralize, break up; disperse etc. 73; ... show more

Dutch: verstrooien, verbreiden

3 disperse

Cause to separate:
— Disperse particles.

synonyms: break up, scatter.

4 disperse

Move away from each other:
— The crowds dispersed.

synonyms: dissipate, scatter, spread out.

5 disperse

Separate (light) into spectral rays.

6 disperse

Cause to become widely known.

synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread.

Roget 73: disperse, scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, bestrew, overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, ... show more

Dutch: verspreiden, uitdragen, rondbazuinen, rondbrieven, rondstrooien, uitbrieven


Moby thesaurus: administer, atomize, be consumed, be gone, bend, bestrew, bias, branch, branch out, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, broadcast, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, circulate, circumfuse, crash, crook ... show more.

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