| VERB | motion | dissipate, disperse, dispel, break up, scatter | to cause to separate and go in different directions |
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| motion | dissipate, disperse, scatter, spread out | move away from each other | |
| consumption | dissipate, fritter, frivol away, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away | spend frivolously and unwisely | |
| stative | dissipate | live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption |
| Sounds | dih'sahpey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | To cause to separate and go in different directions. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | disperse, dispel, break up, scatter | |
| Narrower | disband | Cause to break up or cease to function |
| Broader | separate, divide | make a division or separation |
| Spanish | disiparse, disipar, dispersar | |
| Catalan | dispersar, dissipar-se, dissipar | |
| Nouns | dissipation | breaking up and scattering by dispersion |
| Meaning | Move away from each other. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | disperse, scatter, spread out | |
| Narrower | aerosolize, aerosolise | Become dispersed as an aerosol |
| break | scatter or part | |
| volley | Be dispersed in a volley | |
| Broader | separate, part, split | Go one's own way / way |
| Spanish | diseminarse, disipar, esparcirse | |
| Catalan | dissipar-se, dissipar, escampar-se, escampar, espargir-se, espargir | |
| Nouns | dissipation | breaking up and scattering by dispersion |
| Meaning | spend frivolously and unwisely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | fritter, frivol away, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away | |
| Entails | consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out | use up (resources or materials) |
| Broader | consume, squander, waste, ware | spend extravagantly |
| Spanish | derrochar, dilapidar, disipar, disparar, malgastar, prodigar | |
| Catalan | disparar, dissipar, malgastar | |
| Nouns | dissipation | useless or profitless activity |
| Meaning | Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | live | Lead a certain kind of life |
| Spanish | disipar | |
| Nouns | dissipation | dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure |
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