Fire and Scatter

Fire

Fire verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.

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Scatter and fire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scatter" instead a verb "Fire".

Nearby Words: fired, fireball, firing, fireside, fireplace

Scatter verb - To cause (members of a group) to move widely apart.

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Fire and scatter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fire" instead a verb "Scatter".

people	fire people	scatter people
time	fire time	scatter time
water	fire water	scatter water
ammo	fire ammo	scatter ammo
Other words: grenades, bombs, arrows.

Instead, you can simply fire warning shots into the air or melee one of the civilians, making the crowd scatter.

Source: Video Game / Spec Ops: The Line
However, their shells scatter randomly around the targeted area so if you point one at something just outside its maximum range and force-fire, a few shells may land on what you want to kill.

Source: Splash Damage Abuse
But just fire isn't enough: first you have to rip them up into pieces (which is kind of difficult, considering that their flesh is as hard as stone) and then scatter the ashes.

Source: Literature / Twilight

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