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• v  to cause to separate and go in different directions
  She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
• v  move away from each other;
  The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
• v  distribute loosely
  He scattered gun powder under the wagon
• v  sow by scattering
• v  cause to separate
• v  strew or distribute over an area
• s  occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
  scattered showers
  scattered villages
• s  lacking orderly continuity
  scattered thoughts

• Bereft children grieve for parents lost in their prime, for siblings scattered to the winds.
• In a small town in Kenya's lush Rift Valley, arrows are scattered around a dusty, hay-littered compound.
• They are then driven to farms scattered across the state, where they will spend the summer months picking tobacco before heading back to Mexico.

• disperse
• dissipate
• dispel
• break up
• scatter
• spread out
• sprinkle
• dot
• dust
• spread
• confused
• disconnected
• disjointed
• disordered
• garbled
• illogical
• unconnected

News & Articles

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• Scattered storms possible this afternoon, tonight for Evansville area
  Scattered storms remain a possibility for the Evansville area through Tuesday morning — especially this afternoon and tonight — according to the latest National Weather Service forecast.
  June 17, 2013 - Evansville Courier & Press
• Scattered storms to move back into the Charlotte area
  Although the rain Monday morning has fizzled out, scattered storms are expected to fire up again in the afternoon. Severe Weather Team 9 meteorologist Keith Monday said storms are likely Monday and Tuesday afternoons with the main threat being heavy rain. Monday said the severe weather threat is low. He said a few gusty winds, lighting strikes and some hail are possible. The storm chances will ...
  June 17, 2013 - WSOC-TV Charlotte
• Scattered showers today
  Widely scattered showers continue to move across the area this morning.  For the rest of the day we'll continue to have a chance for scattered showers and storms as a disturbance slowly moves across the area.  A few storms this afternoon could be on the strong side producing gusty winds and locally heavy rain.
  June 16, 2013 - KHBS - KHOG Fort Smith - Fayetteville

Quotes

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• Dmitry Medvedev in Washington Post
  The aggressor has been punished and suffered very significant losses; its military has been scattered,said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, speaking to his defense minister in a meeting aired on state television.
• Barack Obama in Independent
  Mr Obama said: "I have brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles and cousins, of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents, and for as long as I live," he said, "I will never forget that in no other country on earth is my...
• Kevin Rudd in Sydney Morning Herald
  This is a dangerous piece of legislation. It is constitutionally dubious, and it would authorize a scattered band of United States senators to literally tie the hands of the commander in chief at a moment of decisive importance in the fight against... Mitch McConnell http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEZA1ca3PJ7nNpSJFQIuI8CQ4eMWw Voice of America http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-03-15-voa76.cfm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEEFDpHnEAFYme_5GMUUeob663e4w Mar 15, 2007 86419 115521 scattergun In the past, I think, Australia's development assistance program was too scattergun," he told the press conference.