| Main Entry: | dispersion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dispersal |
Synonyms: |
diffusion, distribution, scattering |
| Main Entry: | consumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devouring; use |
Synonyms: |
burning, consuming, damage, decay, decrease, depletion, desolation, destruction, devastation, diminution, dispersion, dissipation, drinking, eating, exhaustion, expenditure, loss, misuse, ruin, swallowing, using up, utilization, waste, wear and tear |
Antonyms: |
fasting, starvation |
| Main Entry: | diaspora |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the spreading out of a group of people |
Synonyms: |
disbandment, dispersal, dispersion, dissolution, escape, exodus, mass exodus, refugee flow |
| Main Entry: | diffusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spread; wide distribution |
Synonyms: |
circulation, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissipation, expansion, propaganda, propagation, scattering |
Antonyms: |
collection, concentration |
| Main Entry: | dissipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappearance |
Synonyms: |
diffusion, disintegration, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissolution, distribution, emission, extravagance, improvidence, radiation, scattering, spread, vanishing, wastage, waste |
Antonyms: |
appearance |
| Main Entry: | exile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deportation from a place |
Synonyms: |
banishment, diaspora, dispersion, displacement, exclusion, expatriation, expulsion, extradition, migration, ostracism, proscription, relegation, scattering, separation |
| Main Entry: | issue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distribution |
Synonyms: |
circulation, delivery, dispersion, dissemination, granting, issuance, issuing, publication, sending out, supply, supplying |
| Main Entry: | spread |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expansion, development; extent |
Synonyms: |
advance, advancement, compass, diffusion, dispersion, dissemination, enlargement, escalation, expanse, extension, increase, period, profusion, proliferation, radiation, ramification, range, reach, scope, span, spreading, stretch, suffusion, sweep, term, transfusion, transmission |
Antonyms: |
stagnation, suppression |
| Main Entry: | ripple effect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chain of cause and effect |
Synonyms: |
causal sequence, contagion effect, dispersion, dissemination, domino effect, knock-on effect, overspreading, slippery slope, sprawl |
| Main Entry: | propagation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | diffusion |
Synonyms: |
circulation, dispersion, distribution, spread, spreading |