dissipate
verb (used with object)
to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
dissipater
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a word derived from
dissipate.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Bindloose had not the same motive for forbearance; he declaimed against Mowbray as a thoughtless dissipater of his own fortune, and that of others.
From St. Ronan's Well by Sir Walter Scott
He wasted no love on his neighbor, for love was a dissipater of energy.
From The Vision of Elijah Berl by Frank Lewis Nason
