dissipate
11dissipate — verb /ˈdɪsəpeɪt/ a) To drive away, disperse. So much for the effort and ingenuity of Montmartre. All the catering to vice and waste was on an utterly childish scale, and he suddenly realized the meaning of the word dissipate to dissipate into… …
12dissipate — verb Dissipate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑energy Dissipate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑heat …
13dissipate — [[t]dɪ̱sɪpeɪt[/t]] dissipates, dissipating, dissipated 1) V ERG When something dissipates or when you dissipate it, it becomes less or becomes less strong until it disappears or goes away completely. [FORMAL] The tension in the room had… …
14dissipate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. scatter, dispel, diffuse; waste, squander. See use, dispersion, impurity. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To dispel] Syn. scatter, disperse, diffuse, disseminate; see scatter 2 . 2. [To squander] Syn. use… …
15dissipate — dis|si|pate [ dısı,peıt ] verb FORMAL 1. ) intransitive or transitive to gradually disappear by becoming less strong, or to make something do this: a material designed to dissipate heat 2. ) transitive to waste something such as time, money, or… …
16dissipate — verb ( pated; pating) Etymology: Latin dissipatus, past participle of dissipare, dissupare, from dis + supare to throw Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to break up and drive off (as a crowd) b. to cause to spread thin or …
17dissipate — Synonyms and related words: ablate, attenuate, be consumed, be gone, be promiscuous, blow, blow off, blunder away, break up, burn up, carouse, cast forth, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, chase women, clear away, come to naught, come to… …
18dissipate — dis|si|pate [ˈdısıpeıt] v formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: dissipare, from supare to throw ] 1.) [I and T] to gradually become less or weaker before disappearing completely, or to make something do this ▪ As he thought it over, his anger …
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20dissipate — dis·si·pate || dɪsɪpeɪt v. scatter, spread out; be scattered …
