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 directions.
To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread;
Verb
cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
Verb
cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
Verb
distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
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move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
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to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
v. t.
To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to
distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all
nations.
v. t.
To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate;
as, to disperse vapors.
v. i.
To separate; to go or move into different parts; to
vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.
v. i.
To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with
others.
Disperse
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge.
Two lions, in the still, dark night, A herd of beeves disperse.2.
Dispersed are the glories.
Disperse
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor.
To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread;
To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish;
Usage Examples
Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.
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