Disperse and Keep

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Disperse

Disperse verb - To go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole.
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Keep is an antonym for disperse in distribute topic.
Nearby Words: dispersal, dispersion, dispersing, dispersive

Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
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Disperse is an antonym for keep in topics: hold, commemorate, tend, prevent.
Nearby Words: keeping, keeper
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Common collocations

people disperse people keep people
body disperse body keep body
magic disperse magic keep magic
weapons disperse weapons keep weapons
Other words: enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • Tooru from Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid uses her ability to fire massive Wave Motion Guns to disperse rain clouds and keep the laundry dry.
    Source: Mundane Utility / Anime and Manga
  • Precursors The Bondsmagi of Karthain believe that Eldren magic drew the attention of something terrible from beyond the stars, and take great pains to disperse their own magic to keep it from happening again.
    Source: Precursors
  • In this the conventional army forces it's enemies to keep together lest it be defeated in detail while partisans harass logistics, dominate no-mans-land, and are able to do so with impunity because their enemies cannot disperse to pursue them.
    Source: Hit-and-Run Tactics
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