"disperse" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈspɜːs/ [UK], /dɪˈspɜ˞s/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-disperse.wav [UK] Forms: disperse [canonical], disperses [third-person, singular], dispersed [past], dispersed [past, participle], dispersing [present, participle]
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  1. If a group disperses, it breaks up into individual pieces or items and spreads out.
    Sense id: simple-disperse-en-verb-Se2Ng~yK
     
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