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   dissipate

   /ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. (with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear: "the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated" Similar disappearvanishevaporatedissolvemelt awaymelt into thin airbe dispelleddematerializedispersescatterdrive awaydispelbanishquellallaycheckliterary:evanesceOpposite growdevelop
   • ▪ disperse or scatter: "the cloud of smoke dissipated"
   • 2. waste or fritter away (money, energy, or resources): "he inherited, but then dissipated, his father's fortune" Similar squanderfritter (away)misspendwastethrow awaymake poor use ofbe prodigal withspend recklessly/freelylavishexpendspend like waterthrow around like confettiexhaustdraindepleteburn (up)use upconsumerun throughgo throughloseinformal:blowsplurgepour/throw down the drainspend money as if it grows on treesspend money as if there were no tomorrowspend money as if it were going out of style/fashionbluevulgar slang:piss awayOpposite save
   • ▪ cause (energy) to be lost through its conversion to heat: "no power is dissipated in this sort of control element"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin dissipat- ‘scattered’, from the verb dissipare, from dis- ‘apart, widely’ + supare ‘to throw’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dissipative adjective
   • 2. dissipator noun

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   verb. These are words and phrases related to dissipate. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of dissipate. He dissipated his inheritance in less than six months. Synonyms. squander. waste. misspend. fritter away. deplete. spend foolishly. The police managed to dissipate the mob without any arrests.

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   Synonym Discussion of Dissipate. to break up and drive off; to cause to spread thin or scatter and gradually vanish; to lose (heat, electricity, etc.) irrecoverably… See the full definition

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