dispersal
noun/dɪˈspɜːsl/
/dɪˈspɜːrsl/
[uncountable, countable] (formal)- the process of sending somebody/something in different directions; the process of spreading something over a wide area
- police trained in crowd dispersal
- the dispersal of seeds
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