Point
Scatter
Scatter verb - To cause (members of a group) to move widely apart.
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It is also the default way of using shotguns, who only get their signature 'scatter' damage point-blank.
Source: No Range Like Point-Blank Range - 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 -
Guts. In the early days of the Band of the Hawk Griffith gave Guts his own cavalry unit, the whole point of which was to smash through enemy lines and scatter them for the rest of the army.
Source: Foe-Tossing Charge
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