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adjective

ˈdi-sə-ˌpā-təd How to pronounce dissipated (audio)
Definition of dissipatednext
as in degraded
having or showing lowered moral character or standards the dissipated and drunken son of the wealthiest man in the county

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verb

past tense of dissipate
1
as in dispersed
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart dissipated the enemy forces with unremitting artillery fire

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2
as in spent
to use up carelessly dissipated the family fortune in reckless business ventures

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3
as in disappeared
to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole the fog should dissipate once the sun comes out in full force

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Recent Examples of dissipated
Adjective
Doctors deal each day with tales of the worried, sullen, skeptical, dissipated, desperate. — Michael Stein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
Verb
But at this distance the jet’s energy wouldn’t have dissipated much during its voyage through space. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Nearly half a million utility customers were without power after Isaias slowly pushed through the Southeast and dissipated into a post-tropical cyclone tonight. — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026 The late-week threat is tied to a slow-moving front and remnant moisture from former Hurricane Polo, which dissipated over northwestern Mexico Tuesday night. — Newsroom Meteorologist, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026 The elevated status the Warriors once held has dissipated to near nothing. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026 Cochran barely missed connecting with sophomore quarterback Cooper Crane for a touchdown on the first play, and Cochran’s nerves dissipated immediately. — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 Once the sun had set over I-95, any inkling of tension had dissipated. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2026 Just that mentality of a long-term relationship has dissipated. — Alex Gonzalez, VIBE.com, 18 Sep. 2026 The ribbing was good-natured overall, but when describing the rivalry, the friendliness dissipated. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissipated
  1. degraded
  2. dispersed
  3. spent
  4. disappeared
  5. corrupt
  6. lost
  7. dissolved
  8. sick
Adjective
  • Design choices previously thought to boost power, such as widening the gap between electrodes, actually degraded performance under true operating conditions.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Initially, Pike’s attorneys and several death penalty experts raised the possibility that the drugs may have been too old or degraded to work as intended.
    — Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of degraded
Verb
  • Riot police dispersed protesters using tear gas, stun grenades, and water cannons.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 21 Oct. 2026
  • For an intervention dispersed through a harbor and out to sea, that may be as close as the ocean gets to a meter reading.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of dispersed
Verb
  • The network known as Fairshake spent $40 million in 2024 to unseat Brown, then the Senate Banking Committee chair; after Brown lost, crypto antagonist-in-chief Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts replaced him as the panel’s top Democrat.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • His campaign has a budget of about $30,000 and has spent $7,000 on advertising, running a spot on streaming services in four Texas counties where Libertarians have fared better in recent elections.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of spent
Verb
  • But the star center disappeared Sunday while battling an emotional return to Utah.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • What struck her was how quickly the usual adult social script disappeared.
    — Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of disappeared
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Democrats are strongly opposed to the kind of corrupt authoritarian government that Republicans seem unwilling to even speak out against.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The policy aims to make cadres more disciplined, effective and less corrupt.
    — KANIS LEUNG, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of corrupt
Verb
  • Germany lost its status in science in the 1930s when many leading physicists fled from fascism.
    — Mattanjah de Vries, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Between 2023 and 2026, Florida has lost 80,000 students, returning to 2016 enrollment levels.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of lost
Verb
  • In 1986 the United States unilaterally declared that the trust was dissolved.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Though the nonprofit has dissolved, Century Walk’s legacy lives on in Naperville with a collection of art pieces that span 53 locations across the city.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of dissolved
Adjective
  • Grape expectations In 2020, macaques in an enclosure at the sanctuary started getting sick with an HIV-like virus called SRV.
    — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Or calling in sick from work even when the doctor cleared you to return in the new year.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of sick

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