dissipate - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

Dissipate means "disperse" or "fade away" — as a bad smell will dissipate (usually) if you wait long enough.

Dissipate can also mean “spend or use wastefully.” If you win the lottery, you might suddenly find yourself with a group of new friends encouraging you to dissipate your money (on them). Note that dissipate can be used with or without an object: "Once you dissipate your wealth, your new group of friends will dissipate without a trace."

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: dissipate

1	v	to cause to separate and go in different directions
2	v	spend frivolously and unwisely

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: dissipate

1

v to cause to separate and go in different directions

Synonyms:: break up, dispel, disperse, scatter

Types:: disband
cause to break up or cease to function

Type of:: divide, separate
make a division or separation

v move away from each other

Synonyms:: disperse, scatter, spread out

Types:: aerosolise, aerosolize
become dispersed as an aerosol; break
scatter or part; volley
be dispersed in a volley

Type of:: part, separate, split
go one's own way; move apart

2

v spend frivolously and unwisely

Synonyms:: fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot

Type of:: consume, squander, ware, waste
spend extravagantly

v live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

Type of:: live
lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style