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dispersal [də′spər·səl] (civil engineering) The practice of building or establishing industrial plants, government offices, or the like, in separated areas, to reduce vulnerability to enemy attack. (ordnance) The spreading out of equipment, supplies, or personnel, especially for protection against enemy action. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This smoke (or flame, perhaps, would be the better word for it) was so bright that the deep blue sky overhead and the hazy stretches of brown common towards Chertsey, set with black pine trees, seemed to darken abruptly as these puffs arose, and to remain the darker after their dispersal. There was an immediate dispersal for these restoratives, and she softly laid the patient on a sofa, and tended her with great skill and gentleness: calling her "my precious We must be going with the rest,' observed Mrs Lammle, rising with a show of unwillingness, amidst a general dispersal. |
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