Definition of disperse
dispersed;
dispersing
transitive verb
1 a
:to cause to break up (see break up 1a)
- police dispersed the crowd
b
:to cause to become spread widely
- disperse the troops
c
:to cause to evaporate or vanish
- sunlight dispersing the mist
2
:to spread or distribute from a fixed or constant source: such as
c
chemistry
:to distribute (something, such as fine particles) more or less evenly throughout a medium
intransitive verb
1
:to break up in random fashion
- the crowd dispersed on request
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