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Dissipate

ˈdɪsɪpeɪt

Dissipate definitions
verb
dissipate dissipated dissipates dissipating
  1. (with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear

    "the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated"

    disappear vanish evaporate dissolve melt away melt into thin air be dispelled dematerialize
    • disperse or scatter

      "the cloud of smoke dissipated"

  2. waste or fritter away (money, energy, or resources)

    "he inherited, but then dissipated, his father's fortune"

    squander fritter (away) misspend waste throw away make poor use of be prodigal with
    • cause (energy) to be lost through its conversion to heat

      "no power is dissipated in this sort of control element"