DISSIPATE

v. 1 scatter, spread (out), disperse, be dispelled, diffuse; disseminate, sow, distribute; break up The crowd had dissipated by noon 2 spread thin, evaporate, vanish, disappear, vaporize, peter out, diminish By the time we were ready to go, the clouds had dissipated 3 squander, waste, fritter away, throw away, burn up, use up, exhaust, run through By the time he was twenty, he had dissipated a huge fortune 4 revel, carouse, party, sow one's wild oats, burn the candle at both ends, roister, make merry, debauch, go on a spree Before their marriage, he was seen dissipating in the fleshpots of Europe