disperse

Meanings

• distribute loosely
• to cause to separate and go in different directions
• cause to separate
  • "disperse particles"
• move away from each other
  • "The crowds dispersed"
• separate (light) into spectral rays
  • "the prosm disperses light"
• cause to become widely known

Synonyms

break up, broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, dot, dust, pass around, propagate, scatter, spread, spread out, sprinkle