Clear
Scatter
Scatter verb - To go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole.
Usage example: these drunken revelers will quickly scatter when the police arrive
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Your weapons are only close range scatter guns so you can't pick off the bad guys at range to clear a path either.
Source: Video Game / Galaxy On Fire - It's never made clear why just his hat was cremated, just that Muscle Man plans to scatter them at the Truckers Hall of Fame.
Source: Burying a Substitute -
He eventually comes back, sincerely apologizes for being delayed by the Golden Path attack, takes Ajay to scatter his mother's ashes, then the two board the helicopter with the clear implication that Ajay has become his new dragon.
Source: We Can Rule Together
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