The crowd began to dissipate.
Source: tatoeba (5735020)
Dissipate
//ˈdɪsɪpeɪt//
Synonyms for "dissipate" (148 found)
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gogo awaygo throughgo to potgo to seedgo to wastego up in smokegrovelhang the expensehidelavishleakleak awayleave no traceleave the sceneliftlive hardlosemake merrymelt
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melt awaypartypasspass awaypass outperishpeter outphilanderplunge into dissipationrakeresolveretire from sightrevelroisterrun riotrun throughrun to seedrun to wastescatterseize the dayshrinksinksink awayslathersleep aroundsowsow broadcastspendspreadspread outsquanderstrewsuffer an eclipseswingthinthin outthrow awaythrow money arounduse upvanishvanish from sightvaporizevolatilizewallowwantonwastewaste awaywearwear awaywhorewomanize
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7 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 12 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ցրել verb (to drive away)
Bulgarian
3 entries- пропилявам verb (to use up or waste)
- разпръсквам verb (to drive away)
- разсейвам verb (to drive away)
Catalan
1 entries- dissipar verb (to drive away)
Czech
1 entries- rozptýlit verb (to drive away)
Dutch
4 entries- verbruiken verb (to use up or waste)
- verdrijven verb (to drive away)
- verdwijnen verb (to vanish)
- verkwisten verb (to use up or waste)
German
4 entries- abbauen verb (to drive away)
- abbauen verb (to use up or waste)
- abführen verb (to vanish)
- ableiten verb (to use up or waste)
Greek
1 entries- διαχέω verb (to use up or waste)
Ido
1 entries- disipar verb (to use up or waste)
Irish
1 entries- scaip verb (to use up or waste)
Italian
1 entries- dissipare verb (to drive away)
Māori
1 entries- memeha verb (to vanish)
Swedish
1 entries- skingra verb (to vanish)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The fog began to dissipate.
Source: tatoeba (8779445)
The fog started to dissipate about ten o'clock.
Source: tatoeba (8801384)
On Earth, the forces of gravity and friction dissipate the kinetic energy of a moving body, causing it to stop.
Source: tatoeba (10601550)
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