scatter, disperse, dissipate, dispel mean to cause to separate or break up. scatter implies a force that drives parts or units irregularly in many directions.

scatter verb (COVER) [ T usually + adv/prep ] to cover a surface with things that are far apart and in no particular arrangement:

Look up scatter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Scatter may refer to:

To scatter is to separate something tangible into parts at random, and drive these in different directions: The wind scattered leaves all over the lawn. To dispel is to drive away or scatter usually intangible …

Scatter refers to loose or haphazard distribution of components: "He had scattered the contents of the table-drawer in his search for a sheet of paper" (Edith Wharton).

5 days ago · scatter (countable and uncountable, plural scatters) The act of scattering or dispersing. The Los Angeles Basin evolved as a mobility surface principally through the combination of an initial …

Scatter, dispel, disperse, dissipate imply separating and driving something away so that its original form disappears. To scatter is to separate something tangible into parts at random, and drive these in …

Scatter definition: To cause to separate and go in different directions.

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• Soldiers used tear gas to scatter the crowd. • The storm scattered tiles everywhere. • Valleys in the Yorkshire Dales are scattered with dozens of these field barns, virtually all disused. • And there may …