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 …

DISPERSE definition: to drive or send off in various directions; scatter. See examples of disperse used in a sentence.

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.

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.

Definition of disperse verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

To make a crowd at a party disperse, you could take away the food, turn off the music and ask for volunteers to clean up. Disperse is to spread out people or things, making them move in different …

dis•perse /dɪˈspɜrs/ v., -persed, -pers•ing. (cause to) become scattered: [no object] The crowd dispersed when the police arrived. [~ + object] The riot police dispersed the crowd. disseminate:[~ + object] The …

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.

to separate and move apart in different directions without order or regularity; become scattered The crowd dispersed

Feb 21, 2025 · Adjective dispersed (comparative more dispersed, superlative most dispersed) Spread out in space and/or time; not concentrated.