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dissipated

Main Entry:	dis·si·pat·ed [dis-uh-pey-tid] /ˈdɪsəˌpeɪtɪd/ Show Spelled
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Main Entry:	dissipated
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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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