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   Dis·per·sal

   /dəˈspərs(ə)l/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of distributing things or people over a wide area: "the dispersal of people to increasingly distant suburbs"
   • ▪ the splitting up of a group or gathering of people, causing them to leave in different directions: "the dispersal of the crowd by mounted police"
   • ▪ the splitting up and selling off of a collection of artifacts or books: "the dispersal of the John Willett Collection"

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