dispersed

Definitions

Distributed or spread over a wide area.

Broken up and driven in different directions.

Examples

The crowd dispersed quickly once the rain began to fall.

The seeds were dispersed by the wind across the entire meadow.

Police dispersed the protesters after they refused to leave the building.

Synonyms

scattered spread diffused dissipated distributed strewed broadcast

Antonyms

gathered collected concentrated assembled clustered accumulated amassed