disperse implies a wider separation and a complete breaking up of a mass or group.

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

DISPERSE meaning: 1. to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this: 2. to spread…. Learn more.

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

When a group of people disperses or when someone disperses them, the group splits up and the people leave in different directions. Police fired shots and used teargas to disperse the …

1. to drive or send off in various directions; scatter. 2. to spread widely; disseminate. 3. to dispel; cause to vanish: The wind dispersed the fog. 4. to cause (particles) to separate uniformly …

Disperse is a verb; it means to distribute something or to spread out or scatter. Where disburse is used to refer to the distribution of money, disperse is used in most other contexts.

Disperse is to spread out people or things, making them move in different directions. Imagine yourself standing on a basketball court holding a cup packed tight with marbles.

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. …

Some common synonyms of disperse are dispel, dissipate, and scatter. While all these words mean "to cause to separate or break up," disperse implies a wider separation and a complete …