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| dispersal |
the act of dispersing or condition of being dispersed; dispersion. |
| dissipate |
to disappear by, or as though by, dispersion or dissolution. [1/4 definitions] |
| dissolution |
the act, process, or result of decomposition, disintegration, or dispersion into parts or elements. [1/5 definitions] |
| lead glass |
a brilliant optical glass containing lead oxide, characterized by high refraction and low dispersion; flint glass; crystal. |
| sky-high |
scattered or in a wide, high dispersion, as from an explosion. [1/2 definitions] |
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