DIFFUSED Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

diffused

verb

past tense of diffuse

as in dispersed

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Guests began making their way to the fourth-floor galleries, where conversations continued as the crowd dispersed through the museum.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
For funds to count as zakat, the money has to be dispersed to an entity that has been recognized by Islamic leaders as zakat-eligible.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026

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Cochran barely missed connecting with sophomore quarterback Cooper Crane for a touchdown on the first play, and Cochran’s nerves dissipated immediately.

— Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Once the sun had set over I-95, any inkling of tension had dissipated.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2026

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The jet carries 500,000 times the energy radiated by the sun and explains the mystery of how feeding black holes become such powerful cosmic particle accelerators and generate such high-energy gamma-ray photons.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Joyful noise and other, impolite sounds radiated from the sets oscillating between the two sites.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of radiated

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Just east of the creek – which was crossed by a stone bridge built in 1896 – Monticello's main street branched north from the highway near Gunn Ranch.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Swooping in Xtracycle got its start providing cargo trailers for mountain bikes and then branched into dedicated cargo bikes.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026

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