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disperse

To disperse means to break up and spread in many directions. (verb)

  1. An example of to disperse is when people in a crowd walk away from each other.
  2. An example of to disperse is when light through a prism is broken up into the colors of the rainbow.

To disperse means to cause to vanish. (verb)

An example of to disperse is when fog is blown away by wind.

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See disperse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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