verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a crowd disperses/breaks up (= goes away in different directions )
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Seeing there would be no more entertainment, the crowd began to disperse.
disperse/break up a crowd (= make a crowd go away in different directions )
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A few warning shots were fired in an attempt to disperse the crowd.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
geographically
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There are obviously more overheads when the client group is geographically dispersed rather than grouped together in a home.
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Teams are likely to be geographically dispersed and culturally diverse.
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To decentralise and geographically disperse political and economic power.
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On the contrary, far-flung, geographically dispersed organizations may remain centralized for some important business functions.
widely
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They are widely dispersed and are engaged in a wide variety of activities.
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When a user browses the Web, objects are retrieved in rapid succession from often widely dispersed servers.
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Such papers are widely dispersed at present, in specialist clinical, radiological, pathological, and epidemiological journals.
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The suspicions of some are also aroused by weekend get-togethers of Volunteers working in widely dispersed communities.
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At other times, the animals will disperse widely .
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When cash flows are widely dispersed , M 2 will be a large number.
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The widely dispersed suburbs proved less hospitable to party machines than the closely packed cities.
■ NOUN
crowd
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Then the crowd began to disperse slowly; silently.
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The crowd began to disperse and I was startled to realize it was over.
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Within minutes the crowd had dispersed , leaving the frontage of the Theater an der Wien unlit and deserted.
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As the firing commenced the crowd began to disperse .
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Thirty more minutes elapsed without any further progress before she and several others appealed to the crowd to disperse .
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The policemen within the plaza began warning the crowd to disperse .
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When the crowd was beginning to disperse .
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The crowd of bystanders dispersed , and even the demolition crew drove away before the dust had finished settling.
gas
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Several demonstrators were badly injured as police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd in Revolution Square last Saturday.
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On Aug. 24 Delhi police used tear gas to disperse demonstrating students outside Parliament.
group
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It was dispersed in terms of client groups .
■ VERB
begin
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Then the crowd began to disperse slowly; silently.
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The crowd began to disperse and I was startled to realize it was over.
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And then the assembly began to disperse .
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As the firing commenced the crowd began to disperse .
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The blanket of fog above their heads began to disperse , sparkling the mushroom-shaped domes with soft diamonds of moisture.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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National Guard troops were called in to disperse the crowd.
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Once the ambulance had left, the crowd began to disperse .
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One resident said the student protesters dispersed peacefully.
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The arrival of armed police made the students disperse .
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The crowd began dispersing as soon as the ambulance had driven away.
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The oil had been dispersed by chemicals sprayed on the water.
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Twenty five officers were injured when police moved in to disperse a crowd of 200-300 youths.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Federal troops were used to disperse a crowd that tried to storm the jail.
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He said those details include determining where and how firefighting and emergency medical equipment will be dispersed throughout the city.
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It was at this point that police initially peacefully and totally unsuccessfully, sought to persuade the protesters to disperse .
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People are being advised to stay away until the fumes have dispersed.
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Police dispersed the crowds with teargas, and tanks were stationed in the city.
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Such ambiguity is dispersed by the Maastricht Treaty.
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They dispersed a crowd of whites and seized weapons in the black section of town.
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Yet, Lee knew very well that supplies were always short and had to be dispersed carefully, often during battle itself.