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    [Verb]  | "dis*si*pate" | \ ˈdi-sə-ˌpāt \


    1: to break up and drive off

    2: to cause to spread thin or scatter and gradually vanish

    3: to lose (heat, electricity, etc.) irrecoverably


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Latin dissipatus, past participle of dissipare, dissupare, from dis- + supare to throw;

    [Verb]  | "dissipating" 


    1: to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart;


      * e.g., " ... dissipated the enemy forces with unremitting artillery fire "





    2: to use up carelessly;


      * e.g., " ... dissipated the family fortune in reckless business ventures "





    3: to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole;


      * e.g., " ... the fog should dissipate once the sun comes out in full force "



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    [Verb]  | "dissipate" 


    1: to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart;


      * e.g., " ... dissipated the enemy forces with unremitting artillery fire "





    2: to use up carelessly;


      * e.g., " ... dissipated the family fortune in reckless business ventures "





    3: to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole;


      * e.g., " ... the fog should dissipate once the sun comes out in full force "



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     [ "Dissipate" ]

    1: To scatter or consume wastefully

      * e.g.,  ... I am going to dissipate the orange juice man. 

     [ "dissipate" ]

    1: When you cause a feeling or an emotion to disappear.

      * e.g.,  ... The love he feels for her will dissipate 

     [ "dissipated" ]

    1: behaviorally, cognitively, and emotionally incapacitated due to excessive drug use.

      * e.g.,  ... friend 1: "i think you over-beveraged." 

     [ "quantum dissipation mode" ]

    1: When something is completely quantum un-entangled from the world around it.

      * e.g.,  ... "My physics professor speculates that ghosts exist in quantum dissipation mode most of the time. However, he says that if their quarklets manage to get entangled again, they then become visible to us. It must be really cool to be a Prof and think crazy thoughts, but get paid for it." 

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