To drive away, disperse.
To use up or waste; squander.
To vanish by dispersion.
To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.
Peptic ulcer.
Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.