[
  {
    "word": "scatter",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8sk\u00e6t\u0259/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8sk\u00e6t\u0259/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8sk\u00e6t\u025a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/scatter-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1769757",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The act of scattering or dispersing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A collection of dispersed objects.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The crowd scattered in terror."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To deflect (radiation or particles).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to scatter hopes or plans"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be dispersed upon.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Desiccated stalks scattered the fields."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scatter"
    ]
  }
]