All 3 Uses of
disperse
in
The War of the Worlds
- The little knot of people towards Chobham dispersed.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- Once the tumultuous upheaval of its dispersion was over, the black smoke clung so closely to the ground, even before its precipitation, that fifty feet up in the air, on the roofs and upper stories of high houses and on great trees, there was a chance of escaping its poison altogether, as was proved even that night at Street Cobham and Ditton.†
Chpt 1.15
- The building had vanished, completely smashed, pulverised, and dispersed by the blow.†
Chpt 2.2
Definition:
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(disperse as in: the crowd dispersed) to scatter or cause to spread