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noundissipator (plural dissipators)
plural dissipators · alternative dissipater
- One who, or that which, dissipates something.
The Population Factor is a dissipator or swamper of the gain in per capita income and hence of the redressal of poverty to that degree.
1991, Kedar Nath Prasad, India's Rural Problems, page 38
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dissipator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissipator
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