Vocabulary
Disperse
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
distribute or spread over a wide area.
Urdu meaning
منتشر کرنا، الگ کرنا، پھیلانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Islam encourages us to be productive and wants us to disperse throughout the land, seeking the bountyof Allah by working (62:10).
- The absence of a coordinating body allowed the state to break up the protesters` ranks with force and eventually disperse those who had managed to reach Islamabad.
- Likewise, the government`s decision to start shelling the falsa with tear gas to force participants to disperse by the deadline given was a dangerous step.
- Akhtar Jan Mengal himself told this columnist that when Mahrang Baloch came leading a peaceful march to Islamabad to agitate for Baloch rights, the state treated her like an enemy and used force to disperse the Baloch marchers.
- Additionally, the criminals follow a peristaltic movement: when pressure is exerted through kinetic operations in one province, they displace to and disperse in another.
Synonyms
scatter, disseminate, distribute, spread, broadcast, diffuse, strew, sow
Curator example
“storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes”
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