disperses
Sends in directions
Disperses is the third-person singular of disperse, meaning to scatter or spread widely.
A crowd disperses when it breaks up and people go different directions.
Seeds disperse on the wind.
Light disperses through a prism into component colors.
The fog disperses by midmorning.
Police used tear gas to disperse the protesters.
Distribute in random directions
- divideSeparate into parts
- spread outExtended over distance
- break upEnd a relationship
- disbandFormally end a group
diverge · fan out · branch out · split up · go separate ways · decentralize · fragment · part
Gradually fade away
- evaporateTransition to gaseous state
- vanishCease to be visible
- disappearPass from visibility
- diminishTo make smaller
subside · wane · ebb · peter out · dwindle · melt away · clear · lift
End a relationship
- clear outLeave quickly, often urgently
- scatterDistribute in random directions
- disbandFormally end a group
- dissipateGradually fade away
dispel · send away · drive off · rout · discharge · dismiss · evacuate · thin out
scatter
Distribute in random directions
- divideSeparate into parts
- spread outExtended over distance
- break upEnd a relationship
disband · diverge · fan out · branch out · split up · go separate ways · decentralize · fragment · part · distribute
dissipate
Gradually fade away
diminish · subside · wane · ebb · peter out · dwindle · melt away · clear · lift · thin out
break up
End a relationship
- clear outLeave quickly, often urgently
- scatterDistribute in random directions
- disbandFormally end a group
dissipate · dispel · send away · drive off · rout · discharge · dismiss · evacuate · thin out · separate
strew
Disperse irregularly across
sow · pepper · shower · spatter · cast · hurl · broadcast · disseminate · diffuse · spread
dilute
Reduce by adding solvent
- solutionAnswer or liquid mixture
- solventDissolving liquid or financially stable
- soluteSubstance absorbed by solvent
diffuse · homogeneous · weaken · attenuate · thinning · mixing · liquid · concentration · saturate · permeate
dispersesgathers
Accumulates or collects
concentrates · collects · converges · accumulates · amasses
- crowd dispersal
- dispersion relationFrequency as wavenumber function
- seed dispersalTransport of plant embryos
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