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Adjective dispersed has 1 sense
- dispersed, spread - distributed or spread over a considerable extent; "has ties with many widely dispersed friends"; "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe"
Antonym: concentrated (indirect, via distributed)
Verb disperse has 5 senses
- scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse - distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
--1 is one way to discharge
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter - to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
--2 is one way to separate, divide
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out - move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
--3 is one way to separate, part, split
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- break up, disperse, scatter - cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
--4 is one way to change integrity
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
--5 is one way to publicize, publicise, air, bare
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