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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
Their grip on song structure has loosened with each record and, by their most recent, 2024’s Exotic Birds of Prey, nearly dissipated altogether. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026 So maybe the sting has not dissipated, not after the Brewers so rudely swept the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 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
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
  • As a whole, dispersed across the World Wide Web, its river and tributaries, the words and images and videos form a new corpus of word and art.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Since 2021, New York has dispersed $70 million in down payment assistance.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 24 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
  • Priced at $20 for packs of 10, the drinks come in single-serving powder sachets that are meant to be dissolved with hot water and can be served iced and/or with a choice of milk.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • In the Metro East, the city of Belleville took on the services provided by Belleville Township after it was dissolved in 2017.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of dissolved
Adjective
  • Pediatric staff members bring Halloween, Christmas, Easter, New Year’s Eve and even the Tooth Fairy to hospitalized sick kids.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Documenting which children grew sickest and following an illness from house to house was a method aimed at articulating an explainable pattern.
    — Jim Downs, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of sick

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