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dissipate

Meaning

To cause to spread out over a large area or to vanish; to waste or spend foolishly, often money or resources.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

He watched his savings dissipate like smoke. All that hard work, gone. He'd spent it too fast, not thinking, and now there was nothing left.

He watched the last of the coins dissipate into the dusty slot of the ancient, whirring contraption. Each clink was a small part of his dream vanishing, spent on a hopeless chance for a prize he knew wouldn't come. The hope, too, began to dissipate.

He knew the small fortune he'd scraped together would quickly dissipate on the greedy city council. They would find endless, pointless projects to drain every coin, until his hard-earned savings had simply vanished, wasted on their endless demands.

My uncle had a golden ticket, but he decided to dissipate all his riches on a lifetime supply of sparkly socks. Now, all that glitter and shimmer just spread out, vanishing into thin air, leaving him with just his feet and a whole lot of useless fluff.

Barnaby the hamster, a creature of boundless ambition and tiny paws, decided to *dissipate* his hoard of sunflower seeds. He didn't just eat them; oh no, Barnaby flung them across the entire living room, creating a miniature, nutty explosion. His owner found them later, quite bewildered, scattered under the sofa and clinging to the cat.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

He watched his hard-earned savings all but dissipate. Every bill paid, every impulsive buy, just chipped away until nothing was left. He'd hoped to build something, but instead, he'd foolishly spent it all away.

He watched the last of his meager savings dissipate into the blinking lights of the slot machines. The desperate hope that had fueled each coin toss felt like smoke now, vanishing into the stale casino air. He’d foolishly believed in a quick fix.

The flickering hope he’d clung to began to dissipate, much like a whispered secret lost in a crowded market. He’d poured all his meager savings into the holographic fortune teller, convinced it held the key, only to watch the illusion vanish, leaving him with nothing but the gnawing emptiness of his foolish waste.

Bartholomew, after winning the lottery, decided to *dissipate* his newfound wealth by buying a solid gold llama farm and commissioning a lifetime supply of diamond-studded socks. His savings vanished faster than a free donut at a police convention, proving it's easy to *dissipate* a fortune.

Bartholomew's enthusiasm for competitive cheese rolling knew no bounds. He'd spent his entire savings on wheels of Double Gloucester, intending to *dissipate* them down the steepest hill he could find. Unfortunately, a rogue badger had other plans, making off with his most prized projectiles.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

After the argument, all the anger seemed to dissipate, leaving only a hollow silence. He watched his savings slowly dissipate as bills piled up, a gnawing dread settling in his stomach.

The last of the emergency rations began to dissipate far too quickly. Each meager portion felt like a foolish expenditure, not just of food, but of dwindling hope. We watched the dwindling supplies spread thinly across our empty bowls, a slow vanishing act for our survival.

The last of their savings started to dissipate with each desperate attempt to keep the geothermal drill running. They watched the money, once a tangible hope for survival, simply vanish into the unforgiving rock, leaving them with nothing but a growing sense of dread and dust.

Barnaby, in a spectacular fit of existential dread, decided to dissipate his entire savings on artisanal cheese and a solid gold squirrel feeder. He reasoned that if he was going to vanish into obscurity, at least he'd go out smelling faintly of Gruyère and with a perfectly pampered rodent.

Bartholomew, a man whose financial acumen resembled a sieve with existential dread, decided to *dissipate* his fortune by commissioning a solid gold, life-sized statue of his pet badger, Bartholomew Junior. He then insisted on renting a dirigible to tow the badger-sculpture across the Sahara, hoping the immense heat would make the gold *dissipate* into the atmosphere, thereby "spreading joy."

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

He watched his meager savings, painstakingly accumulated for years, dissipate on frivolous expenditures, each purchase a fleeting comfort that offered no lasting solace. The urgency of his plight seemed to evaporate with the spent funds.

He watched the remaining embers of the ancient star charts dissipate into nothingness, a final, desperate expenditure of his life's work. Years of meticulous calculations, his entire patrimony, gone like smoke, leaving only the acrid stench of failure.

The gambler watched his last chips dissipate into the digital ether, the hours of meticulous stratagem and precarious wagers vanishing like smoke. He’d hoped for a windfall, not a swift, humiliating evaporation of his meager savings.

Barnaby, a veritable plutocrat of peculiar pursuits, would perpetually dissipate his considerable patrimony on esoteric amusements. He'd procured a solid gold hamster wheel, hoping it would somehow inspire the rodent to amass a fortune, only for the precious metal to gradually dissipate as shavings during its vigorous, albeit futile, exertions.

Barnaby, an incorrigible bibliophile with an insatiable predilection for first editions, allowed his meager fortune to dissipate on a gilded tome detailing the dietary habits of Mesopotamian dung beetles. His creditors, a cohort of perpetually scowling gargoyles, watched his resources vanish with a schadenfreude bordering on the ecstatic.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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