dispersal

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /dɪˈspɝːsəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #36320

Meanings

1

noun
The act of spreading or scattering things or people over a wide area.

The dispersal of the crowd took several hours after the match.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the act of spreading or... diffusion dispersion dissemination

Word family

Forms dispersals

Derived forms codispersaldispersalismdispersalistgeodispersalnondispersaloverdispersalpostdispersalpredispersalredispersal

Etymology

From disperse + -al.

Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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