verb
- To cause to separate and go in different directions.
- usage: "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
- Move away from each other.
- usage: "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
- synonyms: disperse, scatter, spread out
- Spend frivolously and unwisely.
- usage: "Fritter away one's inheritance"
- synonyms: fritter, frivol away, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
- Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption. .
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