Thesaurus: dissipate

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1. v. t. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.
2. v. t. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
3. v. i. To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates.
4. v. i. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
5. v. to cause to separate and go in different directions
6. v. move away from each other
7. v. spend frivolously and unwisely
8. v. live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
9. 1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. Dissipated those foggy mists of error. Selden. I soon dissipated his fears. Cook. The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. Hazlitt. 2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander. The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. Bp. Burnet. Syn. -- To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish. 1. To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates. 2. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
10. v:100 v. live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption