dissipate

🇺🇸 /ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/
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verb
R

to slowly fade away or make something fade away until it's gone

The morning fog will dissipate when the sun rises.

R

to waste something like time or money by using it poorly

Don't dissipate your savings on things you don't need.

translation

v. to slowly fade away or make something fade away until it's gone; to waste something like time or money by using it poorly

Word Forms

3rd Present dissipates
Past dissipated
Perfect dissipated
Progressive dissipating