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Example Sentences
Main Entry:
dis·si·pat·ed
[
dis
-
uh
-pey-tid
]
/
ˈdɪs
əˌpeɪ
tɪd
/
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Part of Speech:
Main Entry:
dissipated
Part of Speech:
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Main Entry:
dissipate
Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
There's a certain ghoulish excitement to all this, but it is quickly
dissipated
.
The joys of teaching can be quickly
dissipated
if the work environment is negative.
Over time, the zeal to sell big-enough chunks of these firms to enable them to become more independent has
dissipated
.
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There's a certain ghoulish excitement to all this, but it is quickly
dissipated
.
The joys of teaching can be quickly
dissipated
if the work environment is negative.
Over time, the zeal to sell big-enough chunks of these firms to enable them to become more independent has
dissipated
.
The best time to take a picture was in the evening, when the crowds
dissipated
and the boathouse closed.
Their energies have been channeled away from teaching and creative research and often are
dissipated
in administrative work.
But these electron flows inevitably produce some
dissipated
energy, or noise.
But any concerns over the possibility that advertising budgets might be trimmed appear to have
dissipated
.
In our case, my worries
dissipated
after bad news made its way from that sunny college a few days after our return home.
Yet economic momentum is quickly
dissipated
if it meets strong-enough counterforces.
Not too windy though, and the sun is shining and morning clouds have
dissipated
.
Like in forest fires, there is extra energy in the weather system, that needs to be
dissipated
.
But that didn't make sense either, since the level of interference remained constant, even as the fallout
dissipated
.
The additional chemical bonds and generation of heat
dissipated
the kinetic energy, slowing the bounce.
Because my mind wandered while reading about these newfangled studies in the field of psychology, my unhappiness has
dissipated
.
As an economy approaches full employment, any fiscal stimulus is
dissipated
by higher prices.
The fog
dissipated
to reveal this gorgeous green lake ringed by yellow iron deposits.
In fact, the sound produced when the ball strikes the bat is a consequence of this
dissipated
energy.
In addition, general skepticism that a service model could work for genome sequencing has
dissipated
.
The long shadow of precursors
dissipated
in the light of creative, personal critique.
Slowly fear has
dissipated
and the market has begun to reopen.
Scientists wonder if production of the acid can be slowed or
dissipated
quicker.
Civilian casualties have decreased, and fears that the conflict might re-ignite soon have largely
dissipated
.
Many of the external threats that were long an excuse for dictatorial rule have
dissipated
.
In the short run the total stock of housing is fixed, and so the subsidy is entirely
dissipated
by an increase in house prices.
The problem with that approach is that when looters are chased, they split up and police resources are
dissipated
.
Dissipated
focus might be a key concept to try to quantify.
The second is that any gains from the strategy will be
dissipated
in higher trading costs.
Rumours of match-fixing have never entirely
dissipated
.
Of course, everyone hopes that the oil can be removed or
dissipated
before that happens.
Her joy
dissipated
a few weeks later, when she and her husband were told.
The results indicated that the flow of energy was from larger to smaller eddies, where it gradually
dissipated
downstream.
It didn't and the thermal increase
dissipated
over the next year.
Its smoke
dissipated
almost instantly and it left little smell and no ashes.
More recent candidates can suffer from a visceral reaction that might have
dissipated
with a little more time.
And the drama inherent in many of the situations is
dissipated
in discursive dialogue.
Past downturns have also stoked anti-business feeling, which
dissipated
as growth returned.
Unfortunately, a tremendous amount of electrical power is
dissipated
by long distance transmission facilities.
He looks
dissipated
and well en route to middle-aged flab, which is sad indeed.
The power
dissipated
by the switching of a transistor is determined by the size of the gate.
Therefore radioactive particles could have flown and
dissipated
in zones clean until now.
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