dispersar — meaning in English

English meaning

• disband verb To break up a group so it no longer exists; to disperse.
• 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.
• scatter verb To cause to separate and move in different directions.

Senses

dispersar is used for these senses in English:

• disband (ambitransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
• 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.
• scatter (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.

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