Meaning & use
Dissipates
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Gradually disperses or vanishes, especially of energy, heat, gas, or a feeling.
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The morning fog dissipates as the sun rises higher.
His anger dissipates quickly once he starts talking things through.
A note on using this word
In physics, 'dissipate' often describes energy converting into heat and being lost from a system.
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Words with an opposite meaning
accumulatesintensifies
Another way to use it
2. verb
Spends or wastes money, energy, or resources wastefully.
He dissipates his inheritance on frivolous purchases.
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