disperse
verb (used with object), dis·persed, dis·pers·ing.
verb (used without object), dis·persed, dis·pers·ing.
adjective
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Related Words for disperse
dispel, separate, dissolve, diffuse, dislodge, spray, spread, dissipate, disband, discharge, vanish, scatter, disappear, circulate, shed, dismiss, deal, eject, disseminate, routExamples from the Web for disperse
Contemporary Examples of disperse
At about 11 p.m. State Police started flying a helicopter over the scene, ordering the crowds to disperse.
Frat Culture Clashes With Riot Police at Keene, N.H., Pumpkin FestivalMelanie Plenda
October 19, 2014
This is a problem, since no traffic police can identify any of the trucks if they start to disperse once they enter Ukraine.
When a big cache of weapons is inbound, rival outfits often gang together to disperse the load among their safe houses.
“Instead of car tires, concrete blocks are placed there now, and nobody intends to disperse,” the minister said.
The crowd bawls its approval, but begins to disperse after one encore.
Historical Examples of disperse
Once afoot, it was not long before the company began to disperse.
The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle
A little later the crowd at the swimming place began to disperse.
Frank Roscoe's SecretAllen Chapman
"There's one point we almost overlooked," said Frank, just as the chums were about to disperse.
Frank Roscoe's SecretAllen Chapman
They lift up their hands to disperse the grains of the sand-storm.
A Spirit in PrisonRobert Hichens
They say to hit the waterspout in the centre where it joins the other from below will disperse it.
Standish of StandishJane G. Austin