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Dissipate

  1. verb

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

  2. verb

    to cause to separate and go in different directions

    She waved her hand and scattered the crowds

    Similar: disperse, dispel, break up, scatter

  3. verb

    spend frivolously and unwisely

    Fritter away one's inheritance

    Similar: fritter, frivol away, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away

  4. verb

    move away from each other

    The crowds dispersed

    Similar: disperse, scatter, spread out