disperse
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～ separate (light) into spectral rays; "the prism disperses light"
disperse
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～ to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
disperse
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～ cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
disperse
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～ cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
disperse
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～ distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
disperse
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～ move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"
dispersed
— Adjective
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～ distributed or spread over a considerable extent; "has ties with many widely dispersed friends"; "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe"
dispersion
— Noun
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～ the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume; "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution"
dispersion
— Noun
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～ spreading widely or driving off
dispersion
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～ the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge"
dispersive
— Adjective
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～ spreading by diffusion
dispirit
— Verb
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～ lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
dispirited
— Adjective
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～ marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation"
dispirited
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～ filled with melancholy and despondency; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
dispiritedly
— Adverb
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～ in a dispirited manner without hope; "the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances"
dispiritedness
— Noun
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～ a feeling of low spirits; "he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits"
dispiriting
— Adjective
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～ destructive of morale and self-reliance
displace
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～ take the place of or have precedence over; "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"
displace
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～ cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
displace
— Verb
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～ cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"