1. (verb) (-tia) to scatter.
Kātahi ka whakamarara i ōna tāngata, ka huaki te pupuhi ki te Ahanati (TWMNT 19/5/1874:124). / Then he scattered his men, and opened fire upon the Ashantee.
Synonyms: maheu, korara, tohatoha, toha, kaihora, rū, rure, rauroha, whakaehu, whakakorakora, hora, paratī, rara, rui, heuheu, kaupāpari, whakatakataka, whakapirara
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