dissipateverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈdɪs.ɪ.peɪt/us/ˈdɪs.ə.peɪt/formalto (cause to) gradually disappear or waste:
The heat gradually dissipates into the atmosphere.
His anger dissipated as the situation became clear.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wasting
- boondoggle
- down the drain idiom
- fritter
- fritter sth away
- gluttonous
- lose
- misspend
- prodigal
- profligate
- reinvent
- reinvent the wheel idiom
- squander
- throw
- toss
- wastage
- waste
- waste not, want not idiom
- wasted
- wasteful
- waster
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dissipation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌdɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/formal