[verb] [slightly formal] - to (cause to) disappear or to wasteAfter five years in the same job his enthusiasm had finally dissipated. [I]It took months for them to dissipate the oil spill in the North Sea. [T]He's not the first young aristocrat to dissipate his fortune in gambling. [T]
DISSIPATE
Meaning of DISSIPATE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012