Thesaurus: dissolve

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1. v. t. To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.
2. v. t. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
3. v. t. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
4. v. t. To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
5. v. t. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
6. v. t. To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
7. v. i. To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.
8. v. i. To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.
9. v. i. To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.
10. n. (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
11. v. grow less and less substantial until it disappears
12. v. cause to go into a solution