Sentence examples for disperse demonstrators from inspiring English sources
Witnesses said police had fired live ammunition to disperse demonstrators.
Police used water cannons to disperse demonstrators who threw rocks.
The police occasionally used force to disperse demonstrators from the streets.
It was their most forceful attempt to disperse demonstrators since the unrest began in late September.
Officers inside fired a water cannon back to disperse demonstrators but also to douse small fires.
Protests last weekend turned violent with water cannon, teargas and baton charges used to disperse demonstrators.
KAMPALA, Uganda —Police officers on Monday forcefully countered a small demonstration here over rising commodity prices, swiftly dispersing demonstrators with tear gas and live ammunition and arresting two former presidential candidates.
The government, eager to prevent a new outbreak of opposition protests, deployed riot police, who dispersed demonstrators with tear gas and beatings.
The announcement followed a violent night in which police dispersed demonstrators who massed outside the main government office to denounce alleged vote-rigging.
Since the protesters starting blocking government offices late last year and major intersections a month ago, police have avoided dispersing demonstrators for fear of unleashing violence.
Matyas Eorsi, an envoy from the Assembly in Georgia, flatly accused Mr. Saakashvili's government of violating principles of democratic governance by dispersing demonstrators with truncheons, shutting down independent television stations and declaring a state of emergency.
