C2verb · transitive · rare

disperse

dis·perse

disperse · disperses · dispersed · dispersing

витрачати, тратити, спустошувати

рассыпать, распространить, распространять, разбрасывать

verbreiten, verteilen, verstreuen, zerstreuen

To scatter in different directionsTo scatter in different directions.

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UK/dɪˈspɜːs/US/dɪˈspɝs/

» Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.

Meaning

5 senses

(intransitive, transitive)To scatter in different directions.
The Jews are dispersed among all nations.
zerstreuen, sich zerstreuen, verbreiten
рассе́иватьrasséivatʹ, рассе́ятьrasséjatʹ, разбра́сыватьrazbrásyvatʹ
to cause to separate and go in different directions
(intransitive, transitive)To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
dissipieren
разгоня́тьrazgonjátʹ, разогна́тьrazognátʹ
(intransitive, transitive)To disseminate.
verteilen, verstreuen, verbreiten
распространя́тьrasprostranjátʹ, распространи́тьrasprostranítʹ
(intransitive, transitive)To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
streuen, aufteilen, auffächern
преломля́тьprelomljátʹ, преломи́тьprelomítʹ
separate (light) into spectral rays
(intransitive, transitive)To distribute throughout.
verteilen, dispergieren
распространя́тьrasprostranjátʹ, распространи́тьrasprostranítʹ
distribute loosely

Examples

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Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
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The police used tear gas to disperse the protesters.
deDie Polizei hat die Demonstranten mit Tränengas auseinandergetrieben.
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The police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
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The police dispersed the crowd by firing tear gas.
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The police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 4

to scatter:

to dissipate:

to disseminate:

to refract:

Deutsch

By meaning 5

to scatter:

to dissipate:

to disseminate:

to refract:

to distribute:

Origin

From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatt

From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse.

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