dissipate
verb
dis·si·pate
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dissipated;
dissipating
Definition of dissipate
1a
: to break up and drive off
dissipate a crowd
b
: to cause to spread thin or scatter and gradually vanish
one's sympathy is eventually dissipated— Andrew Feinberg
c
physics
: to lose (heat, electricity, etc.) irrecoverably
2
: to spend or use up wastefully or foolishly
dissipated the family fortune in reckless business ventures
1
: to break up and scatter or vanish
The clouds dissipated and the sun came out. The team's early momentum has dissipated.
2
: to be extravagant or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure
especially
: to drink to excess
his extended dissipating of the night before