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"were dispersed" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is the past tense of the verb "disperse," which means to scatter or spread out. You can use "were dispersed" to describe an action or event that happened in the past, in which something or someone was spread out or scattered. For example: - The protesters were dispersed by the police. - After the storm, the leaves were dispersed all over the yard. - The seeds were dispersed by the wind. - The students were dispersed into different classrooms for the exam.
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were dispersed
verb
To scatter in different directions
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(Her books were dispersed later).
They were dispersed and disunited.
They were dispersed by rifle-swinging troops.
The simple answer is: they were dispersed.
They were dispersed by riot police officers.
In the next moment we were dispersed.
They were dispersed by helmeted policemen.
Most were dispersed with pepper spray.
Our three battalions were dispersed on far-flung assignments.
Some pictures were preserved in family collections; most were dispersed.
Human islets were dispersed by Acutase (PAA Laboratories, Austria).
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