Dissolve

/dɪˈzɒlv/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
2. (transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
3. (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
4. (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
5. (physical chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
6. (physical chemistry, intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
7. (transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
8. (transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

Example Sentences

The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority.

as if the world were all dissolved to tears

There was a legend that Cleopatra was accustomed to dissolve pearls in vinegar and drink the fluid in order to promote her amorousness.

Nothing can dissolve us.

Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.

For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.

to dissolve an injunction

Jon Snow is the legitimate heir to the Targaryen line, by the old rules, of the old government, which was dissolved and reshaped by King Robert.

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Word Forms

• dissolves
• dissolving
• dissolved

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