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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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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as in spent
to use up carelessly
dissipated the family fortune in reckless business ventures
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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
Michael Stein,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 Nov. 2022
White’s dissipated dark side was no secret to his friends.
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Nancy Bilyeau,
Town & Country,
1 Feb. 2022
The break is so complete that there was little left to tell, just a few years in which Capote becomes a dissipated caricature of himself on the way to a lonely and pitiful death.
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al,
11 Oct. 2021
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
After the three-hour event, which culminated in stirring speeches by the Obamas and an all-star musical finale, much of the crowd and the media dissipated.
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Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
The buzz never dissipated, and McIlroy fully played his part in the hype machine.
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Brody Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Any of the good vibes the Sparks generated from their three-game win streak were dissipated Monday.
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Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
After that twister dissipated, a third rose in Volusia County, damaging hundreds of homes before moving off the coast.
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Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
Though the drops of champagne on his upper lip have long dissipated since that 2006 triumph with Carolina, Laviolette returned to the Stanley Cup Final with Philadelphia in 2010 and Nashville in 2017, also winning the Presidents’ Trophy with the New York Rangers in 2024.
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Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
11 June 2026
The tunnel party had dissipated by then.
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Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
Nothing happened to the plane itself other than a slight flicker of the fasten seatbelt signs and a subtle fizzing noise that dissipated in mere seconds.
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Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
8 June 2026
Adjective
Doctors deal each day with tales of the worried, sullen, skeptical, dissipated, desperate.
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Michael Stein,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 Nov. 2022
White’s dissipated dark side was no secret to his friends.
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Nancy Bilyeau,
Town & Country,
1 Feb. 2022
The break is so complete that there was little left to tell, just a few years in which Capote becomes a dissipated caricature of himself on the way to a lonely and pitiful death.
—
al,
11 Oct. 2021
Verb
As alibis and polygraph tests dissipated police theories and the case moved from one investigator to another, newspaper interviews from the ’80s and ’90s capture the family’s desperate plea for answers melt into somber acceptance and hope that Carla wasn’t somewhere out there suffering.
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Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
After the three-hour event, which culminated in stirring speeches by the Obamas and an all-star musical finale, much of the crowd and the media dissipated.
—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
The buzz never dissipated, and McIlroy fully played his part in the hype machine.
—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Any of the good vibes the Sparks generated from their three-game win streak were dissipated Monday.
—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
After that twister dissipated, a third rose in Volusia County, damaging hundreds of homes before moving off the coast.
—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
Though the drops of champagne on his upper lip have long dissipated since that 2006 triumph with Carolina, Laviolette returned to the Stanley Cup Final with Philadelphia in 2010 and Nashville in 2017, also winning the Presidents’ Trophy with the New York Rangers in 2024.
—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
11 June 2026
The tunnel party had dissipated by then.
—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
Nothing happened to the plane itself other than a slight flicker of the fasten seatbelt signs and a subtle fizzing noise that dissipated in mere seconds.
—
Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissipated
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Even when degraded, enzymes have stable backbones that might be capable of catalyzing reactions, said Sudha Rajamani, an astrobiologist at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune who wasn’t involved in the study.
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According to the company, QTT enables highly secure and resilient position, navigation, and timing (PNT) services, helping maintain accurate timing and synchronization even when traditional GPS and radio-frequency signals are unavailable, degraded, or intentionally jammed.
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After October 7th, thousands were rounded up, bused to Ramallah, and dispersed across West Bank cities.
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This only works when authorization, validation, business rules and state-transition controls are enforced at the service boundary, instead of being dispersed across user interfaces or deferred to downstream systems.
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Some employees have spent decades here.
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The average taxpayer who telephoned the IRS during tax season this year spent 14 minutes on hold, the advocate reports.
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Before Black rodeos disappeared from the local calendar, cowboys and cowgirls from around the country regularly traveled to Kansas City to compete.
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In that moment, Hurst said, her imposter syndrome disappeared.
Adjective
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Johnson County He was arrested last August on charges of abuse of office and corrupt influence.
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The kidnappings have been linked to run-ins with drug cartels and corrupt government officials, while there have also been cases involving young women who worked at the country’s many factories.
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Foundation board treasurer Mark Rahman, a volunteer with the National Alliance on Mental Illness Tri Valley who also lost a child to suicide, supports Alan's parents' mission to bring good from their grief.
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Having lost to Mexico in the tournament's opening game and then drawn with Czechia, South Africa came into this game at the foot of the table.
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The government is required to allot 90 days between the dissolution of the Knesset and the election, so the latest possible day the parliament can be dissolved is July 29.
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Directed by Son Jae-gon and starring Gang Dong-won, Uhm Tae-goo, and Park Ji-hyun, the film tracks a faded first-generation K-pop co-ed dance trio making a reckless attempt to stage a comeback two decades after a plagiarism scandal dissolved their careers.
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Having a sick pet is emotionally a lot to handle.
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Preventing infestation Just because one calf is sick doesn’t mean the entire herd will get it, Cammack said.
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“Dissipated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissipated. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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