Concentrate
Concentrate verb - To bring together in one body or place.
Usage example: concentrate your forces on the right side of the battlefield
Scatter
Scatter verb - To cause (members of a group) to move widely apart.
Usage example: the noise of the backfiring car scattered the pigeons
Concentrate is an antonym for scatter.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Labyrinths of Echo had the protagonist who have all his true wishes come true "sooner or later, one way or another" — Max survived only due to being too scatter-brained to concentrate on seriously willing anything and very afraid of dying.
Source: Reality Warping Is Not a Toy
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