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dissipate
[dis-uh-peyt]
verb (used with object)
to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
Antonyms:to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly; squander; deplete.
to dissipate one's talents; to dissipate a fortune on high living.
verb (used without object)
to become scattered or dispersed; be dispelled; disintegrate.
The sun shone and the mist dissipated.
Synonyms: ,Antonyms:to indulge in extravagant, intemperate, or dissolute pleasure.
dissipate
/ ˈɪɪˌɪ /
verb
to exhaust or be exhausted by dispersion
(tr) to scatter or break up
(intr) to indulge in the pursuit of pleasure
Other 51Թ Forms
- dissipater noun
- dissipator noun
- dissipative adjective
- dissipativity noun
- nondissipative adjective
- ˈ徱ˌ貹پ adjective
- ˈ徱ˌ貹ٱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dissipate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dissipate1
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Example Sentences
As the strike dissipated, each side tried to take the high ground of intention and behavior: The crisis was lawlessness or it was unwarranted government overreach.
Six years on, the sand has moved up and down the coast as well as offshore, creating a small bar that dissipates the energy of the waves.
Up close and personal, the musk of the odor dissipated, and I breathed in the grounding spice of the cedar and the energizing citrus notes of the Douglas fir.
Talk of joint US-Israeli military action against Iran seems to have dissipated.
The evidence so far is that it did not dissipate over the long weekend.
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