dissipate

dissipate is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.
2. transitive verb. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
3. intransitive verb. To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates.
4. intransitive verb. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
5. verb. spend frivolously and unwisely

   "Fritter away one's inheritance"

   Synonyms: fool, fritter, shoot

6. verb. move away from each other

   "The crowds dispersed"

   "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"

   Synonyms: disperse, scatter

7. verb. to cause to separate and go in different directions

   "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

   Synonyms: dispel, disperse, scatter

8. verb. live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

Synonyms

fool, fritter, shoot, disperse, scatter, dispel

Common word forms

dissipated, dissipater, dissipates, dissipating

Words from these letters

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