The Only Use of
dissipate
in
1984, by Orwell
- The discontents produced by his bare, unsatisfying life are deliberately turned outwards and dissipated by such devices as the Two Minutes Hate, and the speculations which might possibly induce a skeptical or rebellious attitude are killed in advance by his early acquired inner discipline.†
p. 211.9dissipated = gradually disappeared; or gradually wasted
Definition:
to gradually disappear; or to gradually waste