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dissipate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot |
| Type of | waste, squander, consume, ware |
| Derivation | dissipation |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disperse, scatter, spread out |
| Type of | separate, part, split |
| Has types | aerosolise, aerosolize, break, volley |
| Derivation | dissipation |
dissipate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | live |
| Derivation | dissipation |
Examples of dissipate
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What's more, the declines in residential homebuilding are expected to dissipate.
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Any remaining clouds Tuesday are expected to dissipate as rain chances diminish.
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Sometimes just venting releases enough pressure to allow a problem to dissipate.
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Sea walls can cause beaches to dissipate rendering them useless for beach goers.
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Unlike aircraft condensation trails, these lines didn't dissipate and disappear.
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Your mood is going to get a little better, your fear of heights might dissipate.
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As slow as Claudette was to strengthen, it was also slow to dissipate over land.
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The speed and size of computer chips are limited by how much heat they dissipate.
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She springs upright, smiles warmly and any fears of diva-ish behaviour dissipate.
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- Disperse: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
- Disperse: move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
- Fritter: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
- Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
- (dissipated) debauched: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
- (dissipated) preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies"
- (dissipation) breaking up and scattering by dispersion; "the dissipation of the mist"
- (Dissipates) In physics, dissipation embodies the concept of a dynamical system where important mechanical modes, such as waves or oscillations, lose energy over time, typically due to the action of friction or turbulence. ...
- To drive away, disperse; To use up or waste; To vanish by dispersion
