dissipate
verb (used with object)
to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
have dissipated
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present perfectof dissipate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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If their stop in Thailand does the trick, any frustration they may feel over their unexpectedly long and tough mission may have dissipated by the time they get home.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
If there was any bad blood between Paxton and Middleton over these clashes, it seems to have dissipated in the years since.
From Salon ● May 23, 2026
Troops are now readying for the challenges that the scorching summer might bring, but any worries over their families without heat and light in civilian cities have dissipated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Byrne and his co-authors calculated that any internal heat would have dissipated billions of years in the past.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
The toxin should have dissipated, but I don’t want to put any of us through that right now.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
