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To cause to separate and go in different directions.
(verb-transitive)
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To distribute loosely by or as if by sprinkling; strew: scattering confetti from the upper windows.
(verb-transitive)
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Physics To deflect (radiation or particles).
(verb-transitive)
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To separate and go in different directions; disperse.
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To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
(verb-intransitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.