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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun dissolve has 1 sense

• dissolve(n = noun.communication) Array - (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out; Array
is a kind of transition
Derived form verb dissolve₁

Verb dissolve has 11 senses

• dissolve(v = verb.change) fade away, fade out - become weaker; "The sound faded out"
is one way to change state, turn
Derived form noun dissolve₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• dissolve(v = verb.change) break up, resolve - cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
is one way to change integrity
Derived forms noun dissolution₂, noun dissolvent₁, noun dissolver₁, noun dissolving₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• dissolve(v = verb.change) break up - come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"
is one way to end, terminate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• dissolve(v = verb.motion) disband - stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"
is one way to break up
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• dissolve(v = verb.emotion) Array - cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"
is one way to discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody

• dissolve(v = verb.emotion) Array - lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"
is one way to break down, lose it, snap
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP

• dissolve(v = verb.change) Array - cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• dissolve(v = verb.change) Array - pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"
is one way to disintegrate
Derived forms noun dissolution₂, noun dissolver₁, noun dissolving₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• dissolve(v = verb.change) dethaw, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw - become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
is one way to flux, liquefy, liquify
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• dissolve(v = verb.change) break up - bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"
is one way to end, terminate
Derived forms noun dissolution₅, noun dissolution₄, noun dissolution₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• dissolve(v = verb.change) dismiss - declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

dissolve

ablate, abrogate, adjourn, annihilate, atomize, attenuate, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed, be gone, be no more, be wiped out, blow off, break into, break up, bring to ruin, cast forth, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, cipher, clear away, clear up, collapse, colliquate, come apart, conclude, condemn, confound, consume, corrode, crack up, crumble, crumble into dust, cut, damn, deactivate, deal destruction, debrief, decay, decimate, decipher, decline, decoagulate, decoct, decompose, deliquesce, dematerialize, demob, demobilize, demolish, depart, depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, detach, devastate, devour, die, die away, die out, diffuse, dilute, diminish, disappear, disband, discharge, disintegrate, disjoin, dismiss, disorganize, dispel, disperse, dissipate, do a fade-out, dope out, drive away, dwindle, engorge, erode, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, fade out, fall to pieces, figure out, finish, fission, flee, fluidify, fluidize, flux, fly, fuse, go, go away, go separate ways, gobble, gobble up, gut, gut with fire, havoc, hide, hold in solution, incinerate, infuse, lay in ruins, lay waste, leach, leave no trace, leave the scene, let go, liquefy, liquesce, liquidate, liquidize, lixiviate, melt, melt away, melt down, melt into, molder, muster out, part, part company, pass, pass away, pass out, percolate, perish, peter out, prorogate, prorogue, puzzle out, quash, ravage, recess, release, resolve, retire from sight, ruin, ruinate, run, scatter, separate, shatter, shipwreck, shoot, sink, sink away, solubilize, solve, split, split up, sublime, suffer an eclipse, swallow up, terminate, thaw, thin, thin out, throw into disorder, unclot, unfold, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, unravel, upheave, vacate, vandalize, vanish, vanish from sight, vaporize, vise, void, volatilize, waste, waste away, wear away, wind up, wrack, wreak havoc, wreck

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dissolve

Inexistence

VB not exist, have no existence, be null and void, cease to exist, pass away, perish, be extinct, become extinct, die out, disappear, melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind, go, be no more, die, annihilate, render null, nullify, abrogate, destroy, take away, remove, obliterate, extirpate.

Unsubstantiality

VB vanish, evaporate, fade, dissolve, melt away, disappear.

Decomposition

VB decompose, decompound, analyze, disembody, dissolve, resolve into its elements, separate into its elements, electrolyze, dissect, decentralize, break up, disperse, unravel, crumble into dust.

Abrogation

VB abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, abolish, revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall, abolitionize, overrule, override, set aside, disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void, disestablish, disendow, deconsecrate, disclaim, ignore, repudiate, recant, divest oneself, break off, countermand, counter order, do away with, sweep away, brush away, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, scatter to the winds, cast behind, dismiss, discard, cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away, send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business, discharge, get rid of, bounce, fire, fire out, sack, cashier, break, oust, unseat, unsaddle, unthrone, dethrone, disenthrone, depose, uncrown, unfrock, strike off the roll, disbar, disbench, be abrogated, receive its quietus, walk the plank.

Destruction

VB be destroyed, perish, fall to the ground, tumble, topple, go to pieces, fall to pieces, break up, crumble to dust, go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin, go by the board, go all to smash, be all over, be all up, be all with, totter to its fall, destroy, do away with, make away with, nullify, annual, sacrifice, demolish, tear up, overturn, overthrow, overwhelm, upset, subvert, put an end to, seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo, break up, cut up, break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down, suppress, quash, put down, do a job on, cut short, take off, blot out, dispel, dissipate, dissolve, consume, smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver, batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, laniate, nip, tear to rags, tear to tatters, crush to atoms, knock to atoms, ruin, strike out, throw over, knock down over, fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge, lay in ashes, lay in ruins, sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze, level with the dust, level with the ground, waste, atomize, vaporize, deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut, disorganize, dismantle, devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound, exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate, snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out, lay in the dust, trample in the dust, prostrate, tread under foot, crush under foot, trample under foot, lay the ax to the root of, make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of, cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons, fling to the winds, scatter to the winds, throw overboard, strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword, cast to the dogs, eradicate.

Liquefaction

VB render liquid, liquefy, run, deliquesce, melt, solve, dissolve, resolve, liquate, hold in solution, condense, precipitate, rain.

Disappearance

VB disappear, vanish, dissolve, fade, melt away, pass, go, avaunt, evaporate, vaporize, be gone, leave no trace, leave 'not a rack behind', go off the stage, suffer an eclipse, undergo an eclipse, retire from sight, be lost to view, pass out of sight, lose sight of, efface.

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