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as in to disperse
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
dissipated the enemy forces with unremitting artillery fire
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as in to spend
to use up carelessly
dissipated the family fortune in reckless business ventures
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as in to disappear
to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole
the fog should dissipate once the sun comes out in full force
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as in waster
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Recent Examples of dissipate
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
The initiative is critical because much of Utah's water doesn't flow out of the state via rivers, but instead dissipates into the air.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Tropical Storm Patty brought heavy rain to the Azores and dissipated without striking land.
—Russ Bynum, Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2024
The symptoms of stress will usually dissipate when the stressors are resolved.
—Eric Wood, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Third, the need for AI ethics officers and similar positions is already somewhat dicey in that firms at first were interested in hiring for such roles, and then the energy dissipated.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
The initiative is critical because much of Utah's water doesn't flow out of the state via rivers, but instead dissipates into the air.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Tropical Storm Patty brought heavy rain to the Azores and dissipated without striking land.
—Russ Bynum, Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2024
The symptoms of stress will usually dissipate when the stressors are resolved.
—Eric Wood, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissipate
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On November 25, during the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, police deployed teargas to disperse a small group of demonstrators who gathered despite harsh weather conditions.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Protesters in Tbilisi gathered behind makeshift barricades and launched fireworks toward lines of armored police, who sought to disperse the demonstrations with water cannons, tear gas and baton-wielding charges.David Brennan, ABC News, 2 Dec. 2024
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The band spent up to 18 hours a day recording and performing at dozens of military bases.Julian Ring, NPR, 14 Dec. 2024
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Interestingly, those movies didn’t spend as much time in the #1 position as movies like Anyone But You, The Little Things and Irish Wish, but spent more time on the charts overall, making the Top 10 list 23 times, 20 times and 19 times respectively.Travis Bean, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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For example, the Jackal has still not been paid for his successful assassination, and his wife has disappeared, leaving Redmayne to look for her and his family.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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For Hughes and Hronek, time and space at the point disappeared from early December onward.Jimmy Durkin, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Above the bedroom is a double-height library, which turns the sloping ceiling behind a mansard roof into a design feature rather than a space waster.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2024
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California is moving to outlaw watering some grass that’s purely decorative Today, the lawn is among the biggest wasters of water in our urban environment — by some estimates accounting for more than half of the gallons used by city residents each year.Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
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The betting market seems to have concluded that Kansas City has lost its knockout punch.Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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The charity says the holiday season can be a particularly tough and challenging time for military families who have lost someone on active duty.Simon Perry, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Bring to a boil and stir until all sugar has dissolved.Emily Price, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Yoon said the deployment of nearly 300 soldiers to the National Assembly was designed to maintain order, not dissolve or paralyze it.Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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That’s half a trillion sucked out of the market and into the bottomless pit of the incontinent spendthrifts in the U.S. government.Clem Chambers, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
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Even for a country as awash with cash as Venezuela has been since 2004, Chávez's spendthrift ways have left behind a worrisome level of debt, fiscal deficit, and dependence on imports.Javier Corrales, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2013
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The Republican field hated DeSantis An initial begrudging respect for DeSantis quickly faded once the campaign got underway.Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Blackhawks are fading from the public consciousness, and there’s no easy way back.Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Dissipate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissipate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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