All 3 Uses of
disperse
in
Lord of the Flies
- Ralph looked back at the dispersing smoke in the horizon, then up at the mountain.
p. 67.1 *dispersing = spreading (thinning out)
- The dispersed figures had come together on the sand and were a dense black mass that revolved.†
p. 92.5dispersed = scattered or spread
- He pointed past them to where the trickle of smoke dispersed in the pearly air.†
p. 178.5
Definition:
to scatter or cause to spread