dissipate
31dissipate — To destroy or waste, as to expend funds foolishly. Also, to break up a crowd. See also drain …
32dissipate — To destroy or waste, as to expend funds foolishly. Also, to break up a crowd. See also drain …
33dissipate — Scattered in various directions …
34dissipate — To squander; to waste; to scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear used especially of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. Hughes v Carr, 101 Wash 109, 172 P 224. To over indulge in pleasure …
35dissipate — v. 1 a tr. cause (a cloud, vapour, fear, darkness, etc.) to disappear or disperse. b intr. disperse, scatter, disappear. 2 intr. & tr. break up; bring or come to nothing. 3 tr. squander or fritter away (money, energy, etc.). 4 intr. (as… …
36dissipate tension — relieve anxiety or apprehension, reduce strain …
37Dissipated — dissipate dis si*pate (d[i^]s s[i^]*p[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissipated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissipating}.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.] 1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause… …
38Dissipating — dissipate dis si*pate (d[i^]s s[i^]*p[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissipated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissipating}.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.] 1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause… …
39blow off steam — Dissipate surplus energy or anger, etc., by violent speech or activity …
40dissipater — dissipate ► VERB 1) be or cause to be dispelled or dispersed. 2) waste (money, energy, or resources). DERIVATIVES dissipative adjective dissipator (also dissipater) noun. ORIGIN Latin dissipare scatter …