Dissolve

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1. Verb

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. Verb

To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

3. Verb

To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.

4. Verb

To solve; to clear up; to resolve.

5. Verb

To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

6. Verb

To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.

7. Verb

To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

8. Verb

To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.

9. Verb

To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.

10. Verb

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"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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