āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
dissipate
/dËÉĒsÉĒpËeâÉĒt/
to dissipate
01
āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āύ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϧā§āϰ⧠āϧā§āϰ⧠āĻ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to gradually disappear or spread out
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The smell of freshly baked bread slowly dissipated throughout the house, enticing everyone to the kitchen.
āϤāĻžāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻĄ āϰā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāύā§āϧ āϧā§āϰ⧠āϧā§āϰ⧠āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§, āϏāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻā§ āϰāĻžāύā§āύāĻžāĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻĒāĻāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻž, āύāώā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to waste money, energy, or resources
Transitive: to dissipate energy or resources
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Leaving the lights on all day without necessity can dissipate energy and increase electricity bills.
āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϞāĻžāĻāĻ āĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϰāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āύāώā§āĻ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝā§āϤā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to cause to scatter, spread, and eventually vanish
Transitive: to dissipate sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fan was turned on to dissipate the smoke from the kitchen after accidentally burning the food.
āĻāĻāϏā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϰāĻžāύā§āύāĻžāĻāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϧā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻ āĻĒāĻāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāύāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻ āϤā§āϝāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻā§āύ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to indulge excessively in pleasure, especially by drinking alcohol
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She dissipated for weeks on end, neglecting her studies and health.
āϏ⧠āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻāύāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻŽāĻā§āύ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§āύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻĨā§āϝāĻā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻšā§āϞāĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
dissipated
dissipation
dissipate
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