The King shook his head and walked away, the crowd dispersing after him.

The laboratory lost its dominance when the researchers were dispersed after the war.

That team was dispersed after 1932 when Mack ran into financial difficulty again.

Here, by the river, the day's heat rapidly dispersed after sunset.

Most of the non-medical objects were dispersed after his death.

The officer said that "we tried to disperse the crowd" after the first explosion.

There were no reports of violence and the rally dispersed peacefully after three hours.

About 400 students demonstrated again today, though witnesses said they dispersed peacefully after 90 minutes.

But the regime's security forces were able to disperse the demonstrators after a few hours, and nothing more came of the protests.

The protesters dispersed after promises that they would not be arrested on the spot.