1.   A few warning shots were fired in an attempt to disperse the crowd.

2.   Federal troops were used to disperse a crowd that tried to storm the jail.

3.   National Guard troops were called in to disperse the crowd.

4.   Police fired shots into the air and used water cannon to disperse the crowd.

5.   Several demonstrators were badly injured as police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd in Revolution Square last Saturday.

6.   Tense soldiers detonated concussion grenades in an effort to disperse the crowds.

7.   They dispersed a crowd of whites and seized weapons in the black section of town.

8.   Troops fired live ammunition to disperse the crowd.