Has ties with many widely dispersed friends. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : to disperse a crowd. ,to disperse knowledge. ,The wind dispersed the fog. From Dictionary.com.
I bet he was one of the youths dispersed from the bus shelters. on August 25, 2007 at 1: 31 pm | Reply syl2000. From Wordnik.com. [A Tick In The Box For Nothing In Particular. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
• They, or their ancestors, have been dispersed from a specific original center to two or more ‘peripheral’, or foreign, regions. From Wordnik.com. [African blessings] Reference
When she visited home, she found that most of the writers she knew in the generation had, in her words, "dispersed" - all over the world. From Wordnik.com. [Meeting Funmi Adewole] Reference
But the new images summoned by Philip's name dispersed half the oppressive spell she had been under. From Wordnik.com. [The Mill on the Floss] Reference
But the new images summoned by Philips name dispersed half the oppressive spell she had been under. From Wordnik.com. [VI. Illustrating the Laws of Attraction. Book VIThe Great Temptation] Reference
I may call dispersed, a part of me here, and a part of me there, but should wish to collect myself like a genteel person. '. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mutual Friend] Reference
More pelicans were diving for fish not far from patches of "dispersed" oil. From Wordnik.com. [Miles Grant: NWF Scientist Visits Nesting Grounds Hit Hard By BP Oil Spill (VIDEO)] Reference
So, after the protest we all kind of dispersed and I went to the record shop. From Wordnik.com. [Nellie McKay And The Spirit Of Doris Day] Reference
And when we read reports about how the oil is "dispersed," it's easy to overlook exactly what that means. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Cesca: The BP Disaster Continues Despite the Cheerful Happy Talk] Reference
Well, it's in the sand and in the marshes and a lot of it has probably been "dispersed" to the bottom of the sea. From Wordnik.com. [TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads] Reference
In an instant every wolf of the nine had 'dispersed' as though the pack had been scattered by some mysterious force. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
"You shall tell Lord Raglan presently that I have engaged a force of enemy cavalry on my front an 'dispersed' em!" bawls he. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Writer] Reference
They said the other half, including the 24 percent that has been "dispersed" but is underwater, is the real total of what's missing. From Wordnik.com. [Scientists question government team's report of shrinking gulf oil spill] Reference
With climate change, however, the tons of carbon already in the atmosphere can't be mopped up or "dispersed," or forgotten, within months. From Wordnik.com. [The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: If Cancun Climate Talks Falter, Blame the U.S.] Reference
A crazed creatur on a white horse galloped up an 'dispersed' em. From Wordnik.com. [Tiverton Tales] Reference
His soul was too "dispersed" to concentrate upon modern terms and phrases. From Wordnik.com. [The Centaur] Reference
Mullin described a "dispersed" system before the department of investigations overhaul. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball America] Reference
We are building a kind of dispersed society where rural can't be distinguished for urban. From Wordnik.com. [Energy Bulletin -] Reference
But "dispersed" doesn't equal "gone" - it's simply missing from view like a criminal on the lam. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
But on Saturday, Clinton said the danger was that the weapons were "dispersed" all over the country. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
Following the council's assessment, Miss T was then "dispersed" to Bury, where her age was established. From Wordnik.com. [icLiverpool] Reference
Is your material 'dispersed' so that taking out one cache would not necessarily mean the end of the game?. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Can anybody tell me about the chemical dispersants? what happens to the 'dispersed' oil plus these chemicals?. From Wordnik.com. [Slashdot] Reference
This formation is "dispersed" in precisely the manner you outline, and it will not have a life beyond the specific movement. From Wordnik.com. [Kafila] Reference
Consistent with this, in the zip1Δ strain the "dispersed" spreads from the four and five hour time points often feature side-by-side. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
"dispersed," no one ventured to ask him any questions, but every one knew what had occurred. From Wordnik.com. ["Chinkie's Flat" 1904] Reference
5-6 Luke tells us explicitly what he means by "dispersed" and he tells us who did the authoritative preaching of the good news. From Wordnik.com. [Heidelblog] Reference
How they dispersed those funds was a different matter. From Wordnik.com. [Flight Of The Dot-Coms] Reference
Part of the difficulty comes from the fact that the market is now so dispersed. From Wordnik.com. [GETTING BURNED ABROAD] Reference
Democracy depends on yeomen dispersed over vast spaces (hence the Louisiana Purchase). From Wordnik.com. [Fly Me, Air Uncle Sam] Reference
Potential military targets in Iran are hardened and dispersed, and many may be unknown. From Wordnik.com. [IRAN'S NUCLEAR LIES] Reference
Many of the perpetrators of the 1994 slaughter have dispersed elsewhere in Africa and Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons Of Nuremberg] Reference
Villagers driven from their homes by Janjaweed have since dispersed rather than seek refuge in the camp there. From Wordnik.com. [Africa: War On The Rescuers] Reference
The CEO of Redbrick Partners, Thomas Skinner, told me that it is just too hard to manage dispersed properties. From Wordnik.com. [Taming a Wild Market] Reference
Is the organization dispersed and disorganized, as Sageman suggests, or is it resurgent, as CIA analyses have reported?. From Wordnik.com. [Putting Al Qaeda on the Couch] Reference
The Tibetans dispersed to escape; one group got lost in a desolate wilderness littered with the brittle skeletons of giant yaks. From Wordnik.com. [When Heaven Shed Blood] Reference
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