DISPERSED Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

dispersed

verb

past tense of disperse

as in dissipated

to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole the crowd dispersed once the show ended

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as in scattered

to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart the family of the missing woman dispersed searchers to all corners of the national park

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as in disbanded

to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization the campaign staff dispersed almost immediately after the election

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Recent Examples of dispersed There are seven bedrooms and six full bathrooms dispersed throughout, with additional spaces including a billiards room with a bar, a cozy reading nook, and a sun porch with wraparound windows. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026 This jagged microscopic debris, easily dispersed by meteorite impacts and rocket exhaust, is corrosive, abrasive and adhesive. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026 Anti-Japanese sentiment had motivated Amino’s move from Los Angeles to New York in 1935; the US deemed East Coast Japanese populations as more dispersed and thus less of a threat. — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 Federal wildlife managers euthanized 28,000 animals in California in 2025 and dispersed about 1 million more as part of a nationwide program meant to control invasive species and minimize danger to people, pets and livestock, new data shows. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The flurries of pigment inside them were dispersed by bursts of air delivered through the base of the box. — Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026 Electron microscopy and elemental analysis revealed that the iron-containing molecules were dispersed across the carbon at atomic and molecular scales rather than forming larger particles. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026 These metals were dispersed when these first, or POP III, stars exploded at the end of their lives. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026 In the weeks after the tragedy, the crowds of mourners dispersed and Clancy's world emptied out. — Ross Douthat, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

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Nearly half a million utility customers were without power after Isaias slowly pushed through the Southeast and dissipated into a post-tropical cyclone tonight.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
The late-week threat is tied to a slow-moving front and remnant moisture from former Hurricane Polo, which dissipated over northwestern Mexico Tuesday night.

— Newsroom Meteorologist, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026

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Her killer left evidence scattered at the scene of the crime and along a highway back to Chicago.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
This included the intersection of Stockton Boulevard and Fruitridge Road, where roughly 50 people were scattered holding signs.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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By 2002, the group had disbanded, but some of its members founded TOOOL and went on to launch yearly lock-picking competitions.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
On immigration, Jackson referenced the fatal ICE shooting in Biddeford, Maine, earlier this year and called for ICE to be disbanded and for funding to be redirected to Customs and Border Protection.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of disbanded

Verb

Lin was subsequently disappeared from the film, all sources concurred, and Belgrad stepped in as the primary Netflix exec overseeing the project (until, of course, he was laid off last week).

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared in their Lockheed Electra 10-E while on a journey around the world.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of disappeared

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Nessel's office is calling for HailgateA2 to be dissolved and is also seeking a court order prohibiting Klein from selling tickets or memorabilia affiliated with U of M, Michigan Stadium or any other venue in the state.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Todd Boehly, the billionaire chairman of private equity firm Eldridge Industries, acquired the Golden Globes in 2023, dissolved the nonprofit HFPA and converted the awards show into a for-profit enterprise.

— Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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