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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdisperser
Pronunciation / Transliteration: disperser
"Le vent a dispersé les nuages."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
To distribute or spread over a wide area.
"Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin dispers- 'scattered', from the verb dispergere, from dis- 'apart' + spargere 'scatter'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "disperse" is said worldwide
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disperser
Transliteration: disperser
"Le vent a dispersé les nuages."
verstreuen
Transliteration: verstreuen
"Der Wind verstreute die Blätter."
disperdere
Transliteration: disperdere
"La folla cominciò a disperdersi."
dispersar
Transliteration: dispersar
"La policía dispersó a los manifestantes."
dispersar
Transliteration: dispersar
"O nevoeiro começou a dispersar."
छीतर-छीतर करना
Transliteration: chitar-chitar karna
"पुलिस ने भीड़ को तितر-बितर कर दिया।"
疏散
Transliteration: shūsàn
"人群很快就疏散了。"
해산하다
Transliteration: haesanhada
"경찰은 군중을 해산시켰다."
分散する
Transliteration: bunsan suru
"霧がやがて分散した。"
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