disperse
verb [ I or T ] uk/dɪˈspɜːs/ us/dɪˈspɝːs/
（使）扩散，（使）散开，（使）分散
to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this
When the rain came down the crowds started to disperse. 雨下来时人群开始四处散开。
Police dispersed the crowd that had gathered. 警察驱散了聚在一起的人群。
Compare: disseminate
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- Outside the church, the congregation shook hands with the vicar and began to disperse.
- Debris from the aircraft was dispersed over a large area.
- Can you be responsible for dispersing these notices everywhere around town, please?
- The showers will be quite widely dispersed across the whole region.
- Once the seeds are released into the air, the wind quickly disperses them.