Collect and Dissipate

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Collect verb - To gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass.

Usage example: dust has been collecting under my bed for years

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Dissipate is an antonym for collect.

Dissipate verb - To cause (members of a group) to move widely apart.

Usage example: dissipated the enemy forces with unremitting artillery fire

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Collect is an antonym for dissipate in topics: disappear, expend.

Nearby Words: dissipation, dissipating

energy	collect energy	dissipate energy
food	collect food	dissipate food

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Dissipate and Collect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/collect/dissipate

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