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disperse, v.
(dispersed, disperses, dispersing)
freq. cnt. 4

distribute loosely
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

disperse dot dust scatter sprinkle

sample sentences

"He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

verb frames

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They %s sugar over the cake

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scatter scatter

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hyponym

spray spray spatter, splash, splatter, plash, splosh, swash splash, sprinkle, splosh bespangle aerosolize, aerosolise

hypernym

cause to separate
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

break up disperse scatter

sample sentences

"break up kidney stones"
"disperse particles"

verb frames

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hypernym

change integrity

hyponym

to cause to separate and go in different directions
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

break up dispel disperse dissipate scatter

sample sentences

"She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

verb frames

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scattering scatter scatter scattering

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hypernym

separate, divide

hyponym

cause to become widely known
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

broadcast circularise circularize circulate diffuse disperse disseminate distribute pass around propagate spread

sample sentences

"spread information"
"circulate a rumor"
"broadcast the news"

verb frames

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disseminative dissemination dissemination dissemination disseminator

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spread spread spreading spread

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diffusive diffusion

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propagation propagator

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broadcast broadcast

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dispersive dispersal dispersion

semantic pointers

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publicize, publicise, air, bare

cause

spread, circulate, go around

hyponym

podcast sow popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise run, carry

verb group

spread, circulate, go around

separate (light) into spectral rays
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disperse

sample sentences

"the prism disperses light"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

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hypernym

move away from each other
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

disperse dissipate scatter spread out

sample sentences

"The crowds dispersed"
"The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"

verb frames

Something ----s
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scattering scatter scatter

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lexical pointers

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hyponym

aerosolize, aerosolise break volley

hypernym

part, split, separate