DISPERSED Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

dispersed

verb

past tense of disperse

as in dissipated

to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole the crowd dispersed once the show ended

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as in scattered

to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart the family of the missing woman dispersed searchers to all corners of the national park

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as in disbanded

to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization the campaign staff dispersed almost immediately after the election

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Recent Examples of dispersed On Monday, security forces dispersed the crowd with paintballs, tear gas, and shots into the air. — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 Unlike the armored columns employed earlier in the war, the vehicles were widely dispersed. — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 In America, they are dispersed across basketball, football, baseball, wrestling and several other sports long before rugby enters the conversation. — Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 27 July 2026 There was an audible sound upon impact as the carcass fragmented and bits of flesh dispersed in the water. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026 Maritime travel dispersed rodents and feral pigs across countless island ecosystems. — Elan Abrell, The Conversation, 22 July 2026 According to Heinonen, as many as 20 facilities across Iran produced centrifuges, potentially leaving the machines dispersed around the country. — Chris Boccia, ABC News, 21 July 2026 So your — your hope is that the shares will be dispersed by the end of 2034, just over eight years from now — eight and a half years from now. — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 18 July 2026 This comes after police said officers safely dispersed a crowd Saturday night in Fells Point. — Wbff Staff, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2026

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Solid starts have dissipated for the Athletics and the Cincinnati Reds, but each club possesses an interesting young core with some potential to rebound in 2027.

— Tim Britton, New York Times, 27 July 2026
After hitting Menasha, the tornado moved over Lake Winnebago and dissipated over water.

— Dakota Smith, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

Definition of dissipated

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They were first popularized in Georgian England as small tokens of affection, infatuation or mourning, and examples are scattered across major museums such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Monday will be mainly dry before scattered to numerous showers and lightning storms develop in the afternoon.

— Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of scattered

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Payne is all too familiar with the ups and downs of Little Feat, which disbanded and regrouped twice in its first four years of existence alone.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
The women’s league, which used a larger baseball and shorter field dimensions, disbanded in 1954.

— James Raia, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

Definition of disbanded

Verb

McComber disappeared the same day Banks' remains were discovered.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
But over the next 18 months, Poolside largely disappeared from view, while OpenAI and Anthropic ballooned to nearly trillion-dollar valuations with a crop of Chinese labs building open source models nipping at their heels.

— Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of disappeared

Verb

The filmmaker also speaks about the film’s early critics, her time as a film student on the famed but now-dissolved experimental film course at Saint Martins art school, and provides some updates on her next project.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 July 2026
The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency bought the property in 2008 with plans to restore it as a live entertainment venue, but those plans stalled after the agency was dissolved in 2012.

— Hanna Kang, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of dissolved

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As daylight faded, visitors explored inside the grand hall and wandered the gardens before the night ended with hot air balloon rides and fireworks over the property.

— Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
The reliever the Phillies saw in his first full season as a rookie has faded into a less-reliable version.

— Matt Gelb, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

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