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| scatter | |
| 1. v. To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse. |  |
| The crowd scattered in terror. | |
| 2. v. To distribute loosely as by sprinkling. | |
| Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall. | |
| 3. v. (transitive, physics) To deflect (radiation or particles). | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals. | |
| 5. v. To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow. | |
| to scatter hopes or plans | |
| 6. v. To be dispersed upon. | |
| Desiccated stalks scattered the fields. | |
| 7. n. The act of scattering or dispersing. | |
| 8. n. A collection of dispersed objects. | |
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