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Meanings of dissipate (dissipates) in English

Portuguese
desperdiçar
Catalan
malgastar
Spanish
prodigar

Spend frivolously and unwisely.

      desperdiçar
      Portuguese
      dispersar
      Catalan
      dissipar-se
      Spanish
      disipar

      To cause to separate and go in different directions.

            dispersar
            Usage of dissipates in English
            1
            And as media proliferates, competition for attention intensifies and advertising income dissipates.
            The Guardian
            2
            Residents are urged to follow emergency service advice until the system dissipates.
            News.com.au
            3
            The all-powerful Christ Mind in me dissolves and dissipates every adverse thought.
            The Silence: What It Is and How To Use It
            4
            But a little farther reading in the old diary dissipates this illusion.
            Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
            5
            I don't think it's something that dissipates just because you move away.
            The Irish Times
            6
            The man dissipates over many things, while she concentrates upon the one.
            A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus
            7
            His fear of it dissipates as he cradles it to his chest.
            Armageddon's Children
            8
            The whiskey, the moonshine, the gin, the God-knows-what-allof it dissipates instantly.
            WATER FOR ELEPHANT
            9
            Thereby, UCP1 in brown adipose tissue dissipates proton motive force as heat.
            Pubmed
            10
            Each National begins to lose its interest as the confusion dissipates.
            The Guardian
            11
            Unfortunately, it's an air that dissipates as the series goes on.
            BBC
            12
            No shockwave to speak of, and any blast energy you generate dissipates fast.
            Broken angels
            13
            It dissipates into the air even if the vehicle is not being used.
            Reuters
            14
            It gradually dissipates and spreads to the suburbs as the years go by.
            Wired
            15
            This igneous matter diminishes in his old age-ittotally dissipates at his death.
            The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical Wor...
            16
            You can still only listen to a song three times before it dissipates.
            Wired
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            Dissipates through the time
            Dissipates across language varieties
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