diffuse

verbs

move outward

"The soldiers fanned out"

diffuse, fan out, spread, spread out

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diffusion

spread or diffuse through

"An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle

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cause to become widely known

"spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread

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diffusive

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diffusion

adjectives

spread out; not concentrated in one place

"a large diffuse organization"

diffuse

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diffuseness

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spread out or scattered about or divided up

distributed

(of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected

diffuse, diffused, soft

lacking conciseness

"a diffuse historical novel"

diffuse

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tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length

"editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know"

prolix