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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 disappearvanishevaporatedissolveOpposite growdevelop
    • 2. waste or fritter away (money, energy, or resources): "he inherited, but then dissipated, his father's fortune" Similar squanderfritter (away)misspendwasteOpposite save

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  3. Dissipate means to gradually disappear or waste something. Learn how to use this formal verb in different contexts with sentences and synonyms from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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      dissipate translate: rozpraszać (się). Learn more in the...

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  4. Learn the meaning, synonyms, and examples of the verb dissipate, which means to break up, scatter, or vanish. Find out how to use dissipate in different contexts, such as physics, finance, or law.

  5. To dissipate is to disperse or fade away — as a bad smell will dissipate (usually) if you wait long enough. Dissipate can also mean “spend or use wastefully.” If you win the lottery, you might suddenly find yourself with a group of new friends encouraging you to dissipate your money (on them).

  6. Dissipate means to gradually disappear or waste something. Learn how to use this formal verb in different contexts, see sample sentences and find translations in other languages.

  7. Dissipate means to scatter, disperse, or squander something. It can also mean to become scattered or exhausted. See examples, synonyms, antonyms, and word history of dissipate.

  8. Learn the meaning of dissipate, a verb that means to become less strong, to scatter, or to waste something. See synonyms, examples, and word origin of dissipate.

  9. Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the verb dissipate, which means to gradually become or make something weaker until it disappears. See examples, synonyms and word origin.