· to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

Synonym(s): disperse, dispel, break_up, scatter

Hypernym(s): separate, divide

· move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"

Synonym(s): disperse, scatter, spread_out

Hypernym(s): separate, part, split

· spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"

Synonym(s): fritter, frivol_away, shoot, fritter_away, fool, fool_away

Hypernym(s): consume, squander, waste, ware

· live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

Hypernym(s): live

· unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

Synonym(s): debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast

· preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies"

Synonym(s): betting, card-playing, sporting