Dissolve
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
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disintegrate and dissolve
- disintegrate and scatter
- shatter and dissolve
- shatter and scatter
- separate and dissolve
- separate and scatter
- break down and dissolve
- break down and scatter
- disperse and dissolve
- disperse and scatter
- diffuse and dissolve
- diffuse and scatter
- disappear and dissolve
- disappear and scatter
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- You'll see the operative dissolve into a scatter of particles as Gault vanishes.
Source: Series / Ascension (Miniseries)
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