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English to English verb
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to cause to separate and go in different directions |  | Example: She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
source: wordnet30
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move away from each other | | Example: The crowds dispersed
The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
source: wordnet30
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spend frivolously and unwisely | | Example: Fritter away one's inheritance
source: wordnet30
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live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption | | source: wordnet30
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To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. | | source: webster1913
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To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates. | | source: webster1913
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