disperse
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Disperse immediately! the puppet mimics in a wooden falsetto.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2019
Hulton shouted down: “Good God, sir! Do you not see how they are attacking the yeomanry? Disperse the crowd!”
From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2018
Disperse Red 9 is a red powder that, when combined with water, will turn into a highly visible purple liquid.
From Scientific American • May 9, 2013
Going into the far turn, Arcaro and Shoemaker were still riding neck and neck when Shoemaker shouted a warning: "Here comes Disperse!"
From Time Magazine Archive
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Disperse, my lads, while the coast's clear; get back by different ways; and meet as usual!'
From Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Dickens, Charles
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