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
- The men dissipated their souls.
- The people dissipated the energy.
- The system dissipated the next day.
- Were they allowed to dissipate the savings
- They dissipated the energy from the activity.
- They dissipated their strength through working.
- But it dissipated in the middle of the Atlantic.
- It is likely to dissipate the power from the plant.
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