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Definition
to scatter or cause to spread
- Yet when the thrill went off, like lightning smashed and dispersed into the ground, I knew it was basically only a transaction.Chapter 7 (96% in)
- There was a great thriving noise and glitter; all minds were dispersed into this Christmas tinkling, whirring, carols, and signal chimes, and what we were doing in secret with our hands wasn't observable.Chapter 4 (8% in)
- The weather stayed black, undispersed soot sitting on the snow.Chapter 12 (77% in)
There are no more uses of "disperse" in The Adventures of Augie March.
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