(scatters, scattering, scattered)
1.
If you scatter things over an area, you throw or drop them so that they spread all over the area.
She tore the rose apart and scattered the petals over the grave...
He began by scattering seed and putting in plants.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n
2.
If a group of people scatter or if you scatter them, they suddenly separate and move in different directions.
After dinner, everyone scattered...
The cavalry scattered them and chased them off the field.
VERB: V, V n
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