dissipate
to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly; squander; deplete: to dissipate one's talents; to dissipate a fortune on high living.
to become scattered or dispersed; be dispelled; disintegrate: The sun shone and the mist dissipated.
to indulge in extravagant, intemperate, or dissolute pleasure.
Origin of dissipate
1synonym study For dissipate
Other words for dissipate
Opposites for dissipate
Other words from dissipate
- dis·si·pat·er, dis·si·pa·tor, noun
- dis·si·pa·tive, adjective
- dis·si·pa·tiv·i·ty [dis-uh-puh-tiv-i-tee], /ˌdɪs ə pəˈtɪv ɪ ti/, noun
- non·dis·si·pa·tive, adjective
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How to use dissipate in a sentence
Economically, Faden argues, it’s in America’s self-interest to help ensure every other country’s population is vaccinated because until the fear of Covid-19 dissipates, trade and travel won’t go back to normal.
Who should get the Covid-19 vaccine first? Ethicists are fiercely debating how to vaccinate billions of people. | Sigal Samuel | November 20, 2020 | VoxIt’s like a fog that dissipates but is somehow still accurate and clear.
Members of Congress and tech leaders alike acknowledged Wednesday that the threats had not dissipated in the four years since the Kremlin’s online siege.
Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs clash with Congress in pre-election showdown | Tony Romm, Rachel Lerman, Cat Zakrzewski, Heather Kelly, Elizabeth Dwoskin | October 28, 2020 | Washington PostYou suggest a key aspect of life’s emergence is down to structures that adapt to their environment by dissipating energy.
The Physicist’s New Book of Life - Issue 92: Frontiers | Michael Brooks | October 21, 2020 | NautilusOn Tuesday, a steady stream of residents visited the North Charleston Coliseum polling place, though Monday’s long lines had dissipated.
Supreme Court order on mail ballots in South Carolina sparks worries about voter confusion | Michelle Lee, Stephanie Hunt | October 6, 2020 | Washington Post
Never Can Say Goodbye also addresses what happens when the romantic notion dissipates.
Writers to New York: I Wish I Knew How to Quit You | Molly Hannon | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen a talentless interloper (Domhnall Gleeson) joins the group, their dynamic slowly dissipates.
The Best of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival: ‘Frank,’ ‘Web Junkie,’ Anna Kendrick, and More | Marlow Stern | January 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRadiation dissipates over time with every isotopic half-life.
Radioactive Tuna Won’t Kill You—but Should We Be Concerned About Mercury? | Daniel Stone | May 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is out for all to smell and the bank hopes the “cloud” dissipates quickly, maybe while the markets worry about Eygpt.
JPMorgan and Madoff: Will the Scandal Sink Jamie Dimon? | Allan Dodds Frank | February 3, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTUntil it dissipates or is somehow pushed aside, relations between the U.S. and Iran are unlikely to improve.
Your cruel theory dissipates hopes, illusions, if you will, whose principle is assuredly very philanthropic.
Essays on Political Economy | Frederic BastiatEvery stop of a train going thirty miles per hour dissipates energy enough to have carried it two miles along a level road.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyThe man dissipates over many things, while she concentrates upon the one.
A Duet | Arthur Conan DoyleIt establishes no fact, answers no objection, and dissipates no doubt.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) | Robert G. IngersollIt is a work that distracts and dissipates, and leads to relaxation of discipline.
Brother Francis | Eileen Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for dissipate
/ (ˈdɪsɪˌpeɪt) /
to exhaust or be exhausted by dispersion
(tr) to scatter or break up
(intr) to indulge in the pursuit of pleasure
Origin of dissipate
1Derived forms of dissipate
- dissipater or dissipator, noun
- dissipative, adjective
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