1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.

1. To move away from each other; SYN. dissipate, scatter, spread out.
2. To cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example; SYN. dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter.

1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.
2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.

1. To distribute loosely; SYN. sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse.
2. To sow by scattering.

1. To move away from each other; SYN. dissipate, scatter, spread out.
2. To cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example; SYN. dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter.