disbandment

as in dispersion
an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered the disbandment of the crowd at the end of the outdoor rock concert

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Noun
  • The team was able to use the dispersion of light to map and measure matter along the pathway of the fast radio bursts.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
  • On the other hand, the Kirkton House edition has a triple wick that creates an even burn and wide scent dispersion, which may help make up for its smaller size.
    Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • First Evidence Found from Mastodon Tusk Ancient Impact on Modern-Day Ecosystem The loss of mastodons greatly reduced seed dispersal for several of these fruit-bearing species.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2025
  • The ants threaten native ant species, which play crucial roles in seed dispersal.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • If the timing and surrounding environment are just right, those planets don’t get ejected but are trapped in extremely wide orbits — which could have happened in the solar system as Uranus and Neptune grew or the later scattering among gas giants.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • In this case, Raman spectroscopy uses Raman scattering, a process that sees how light interacts with molecular vibration.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Disbandment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbandment. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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