dissipate
[verb]
Synonyms:
- squander, consume, deplete, expend, fritter away, run through, spend, waste
- disperse, disappear, dispel, dissolve, drive away, evaporate, scatter, vanish

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Antonyms: accumulate, concentrate (as efforts, thoughts), absorb (as time, attention)
Related Words: crumble, disintegrate, disappear, evanesce, evaporate, vanish

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dis‧si‧pate /ˈdɪsəpeɪt, ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/ verb formal
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: dissipare, from supare 'to throw']

1. [intransitive and transitive] to gradually become less or weaker before disappearing completely, or to make something do this:
As he thought it over, his anger gradually dissipated.
Little by little, the smoke was dissipated by the breeze.

2. [transitive] to waste something valuable such as time, money, or energy:
His savings were soon dissipated.

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