dissipate

IPA: dˈɪsʌpeɪt

verb

  • (transitive) To drive away, disperse.
  • (transitive) To use up or waste; squander.
  • (intransitive) To vanish by dispersion.
  • (physics) To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.
  • (intransitive, colloquial, dated) To be dissolute in conduct.
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Examples of "dissipate" in Sentences

  • Both were very hot and seemed to just kind of dissipate later in the week.
  • That this country cannot be boxed easily and therefore appointed labels dissipate easily.
  • So the waves tend to kind of dissipate and it allows for a smoother surface, better times.
  • Gershom began to "dissipate," as it has got to be matter of convention to term "drinking."
  • JEFF LIVICK, TIMBERLINE SKI PATROL: I felt the rotor wash kind of dissipate, at which point I looked up.
  • So I guess we'd expect part of that outgrowth to kind of dissipate and the rest at least kind of remains through the year.
  • Prosecutors added that Mrs. Ruth Madoff, while not a party to the proceeding, cannot be trusted to enforce not to unilaterally "dissipate" the assets.
  • And what's fascinating about this love story, if you will, is that the intensity of that honeymoon stage never seemed to dissipate, which is very unusual, when you think about it.
  • Ive heared of a Victorian remedy of putting white vinegar on a small strip of cloth tied around the forehead to help heat dissipate from the head (we could also use small ice packs today) which also helps ward off headaches from the heat (mint essentail oil helps dissipate heat too).

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