zerstreuen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- deflect verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
- dispel verb To make fears, doubts, or false ideas disappear by showing they have no basis.
- disperse verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
- dissipate verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
- scatter verb To cause to separate and move in different directions.
Senses
zerstreuen is used for these senses in English:
- decentralize (transitive) To cause to change from being concentrated at one point or site to being distributed across several.
- deflect (transitive, figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.).
- dispel (transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
- disperse (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
- dissipate (transitive) To drive away, disperse.
- scatter (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
deflect — full definition
- verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
- verb To avoid dealing directly with a question, criticism, or blame.