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dissipate Definition

dis·si·pate (dis′ə pāt′)

transitive verb -·pat′ed, -·pat′·ing

  1. to break up and scatter; dispel; disperse
  2. to drive completely away; make disappear
  3. to waste or squander

Etymology: ME dissipaten < L dissipatus, pp. of dissipare, to scatter < dis-, apart + supare, to throw < IE base *swep- > Sans svapū, broom, LowG swabbeln, to swab

intransitive verb

  1. to be dissipated; disperse or vanish
  2. to spend much time and energy on indulgence in pleasure, esp. drinking, gambling, etc., to the point of harming oneself

dissipate Related Forms
dis′·si·pat′er noun or dis′·si·pa′·tor dis′·si·pa′·tive adjective
dissipate Synonyms

dissipate

v.

  1. To dispel

    scatter, disperse, diffuse, disseminate; see scatter 2.

  2. To squander

    use up, consume, misuse; see spend 1, waste 1, 2.

  3. To vanish

    evanesce, melt away, run dry; see disappear, evaporate 1. See syn. study at scatter.

dissipate Usage Examples

Object

  • heat: The heatsink's job is to dissipate the heat to keep the CPU from overheating.
  • energy: The tiny amount of energy dissipated goes into heat, barely enough to warm your big toe, let alone a room.
  • tension: This shifting of action and conflict away from the audience dissipated the tension built up by Brennan's actions and Hogg's reactions.
  • cloud: The showers and cloud dissipated in the evening, except in parts of NE England and N Scotland.
  • metal: Money to gamble metal dissipated quickly uranium metal posed a deep slit.
  • power: There is no power dissipated anywhere in the scenario.

Preposition: as

  • heat: These collisions result in the loss of some of the energy of the electrons and is dissipated as heat in the wire.

Preposition: over

  • time: JB: Change takes time and creates anxiety â that fear can dissipate over time if we talk about it.

Preposition: into

  • air: Unlike inside the bar itself, the huge cloud of smoke produced by everyone's cigarettes dissipates into the night air.
  • atmosphere: Getting inorganic selenium into gas form will allow it to just dissipate harmlessly into the atmosphere.
  • space: The gas will expand away from the star at about 15 miles per second, dissipating into interstellar space after some 10,000 years.

Adjective complement

  • due: Some of our concern about the national denominations will dissipate due to this dismantling of bureaucracies.

Modifying Another Word

  • quickly: Money to gamble metal dissipated quickly uranium metal posed a deep slit.
  • gradually: A: All foam products have a slight scent at first which will dissipate gradually.
  • slowly: Many people suggest a winding-down aspect to each ritual, to slowly dissipate the energies which may have been built up during the exercise.
  • safely: For this reason he wears special gauntlets at all times which tracks his energy levels and help to safely dissipate the overflow.
  • rapidly: This causes the smoke screen to dissipate more rapidly.
  • soon: But that effect must have soon dissipated, as familiarity set in.

Used with why or when

  • when: But the chief's fears were dissipated when Angut spoke.

Preposition: in

  • resistor: More than half of the input power will always be dissipated in the resistor.