scatters

VERB

strew, disperse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

discard distribute divide fling litter pour shatter shower spray spread sprinkle

STRONG

besprinkle broadcast cast derange diffuse disband dispel disseminate dissipate disunite diverge expend intersperse migrate part scramble separate set sever shed sow spend sunder

WEAK

disject put to flight run away set asunder split up take off in all directions throw around throw out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

collect gather hold keep maintain retain

STRONG

accumulate combine join receive save unite

Example Sentences

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One green light glitters: Then a swift taxi Scatters another As it speeds on.

From Goblins and Pagodas by Fletcher, John Gould

"Mr. Scatters is gone out," he said, as the old man entered and deposited his hat on the floor.

From The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories by Dunbar, Paul Laurence

Scatters Wilson and Captain Cheape dined and stayed the night.

From Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 by Hamilton, Ian, Sir

It hangs the frozen bough With flowers on which the night Wheeling her darkness through Scatters a starry light.

From The Listeners and Other Poems by De la Mare, Walter

The mighty Máhmúd, the victorious Lord That all the misbelieving and black Horde Of Fears and Sorrows that infest the Soul Scatters and slays with his enchanted Sword.

From Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and Salámán and Absál Together With A Life Of Edward Fitzgerald And An Essay On Persian Poetry By Ralph Waldo Emerson by FitzGerald, Edward