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Noun: dispersal  di'spur-sul
  1. The act of dispersing or diffusing something
    "the dispersal of the troops"
    - dispersion, dissemination, diffusion

Sounds like: disbursal

Derived forms: dispersals

See also: disperse

Type of: spread, spreading

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