1. To cause to separate and go in different directions
   - disperse, dispel, break up, scatter 
2. Move away from each other
   - disperse, scatter, spread out 
3. Spend frivolously and unwisely
   - fritter, frivol away, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away 
4. Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

Derived forms: dissipated, dissipates, dissipating

See also: dissipation

Type of: consume, divide, live, part, separate, split, squander, ware, waste

Encyclopedia: Dissipate

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