dissipates
Fades to nothing
Dissipates means to scatter, disperse, or cause to vanish gradually.
Fog dissipates when the sun burns it off; a crowd dissipates when people drift away.
The word often carries connotations of waste or squandering: He dissipated his inheritance on gambling and expensive cars.
Energy dissipates when it spreads out and becomes unavailable for useful work.
Fears and tensions can dissipate as circumstances change or time passes.
To make smaller
- waneDecrease gradually
- dwindleDecrease gradually over time
- subsideDecrease in intensity
- ebbGradual retreat seaward
weaken · decline · lessen · decrease · abate · taper · recede · peter out
Convert to gas
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- boil offRemove by vaporization
- sublimateRedirect impulses constructively
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
transpiration · mist · moisture · humidity · dew · condense · dehydration · desiccation
Pass from visibility
- evanesceDisappear by degrees
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- dematerializeCease to exist physically
- fade awayDiminish gradually to nothing
pass · clear · lift · dispel · evanescent · fleeting · ephemeral · transient
diminish
To make smaller
ebb · weaken · decline · lessen · decrease · abate · taper · recede · peter out · die down
vaporize
Convert to gas
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- boil offRemove by vaporization
- sublimateRedirect impulses constructively
evaporation · transpiration · mist · moisture · humidity · dew · condense · dehydration · desiccation · distillation
disappear
Pass from visibility
- evanesceDisappear by degrees
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- dematerializeCease to exist physically
fade away · pass · clear · lift · dispel · evanescent · fleeting · ephemeral · transient · impermanent
scatter
Distribute in random directions
disperse · radiate · distribute · broadcast · disseminate · discharge · release · emit · expel · vent
waste
Unwanted discarded material
drain · consume · spend · blow · misspend · lavish · splurge · burn through · run through · use up
dissipatesconcentrates
Directs sustained attention
gathers · collects · converges · coalesces · consolidates
- heat dissipationTransfer of warmth outward
dissipate, dissipation, dissipated, dissipating, dissipations, dissipator