dissolve

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Synonyms: dissolute, dissolved, rissole, dissolves, disserve, dissolver, redissolve, dissave

Antonyms: dissolute, dissolved, rissole, dissolves, disserve, dissolver, redissolve, dissave

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[terminate]] a [[union]] of multiple members actively, as by [[disband]]ing.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[destroy]], make [[disappear]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[liquify]], [[melt]] into a [[fluid]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be [[melt]]ed, changed into a [[fluid]].
5. {{lb|en|physical chemistry|transitive}} To [[disintegrate]] [[chemically]] into a [[solution]] by [[immersion]] into a [[liquid]] or other material.
6. {{lb|en|physical chemistry|intransitive}} To be [[disintegrated]] by such immersion.
7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[disperse]], [[drive]] [[apart]] a group of persons.
8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To break the continuity of; to [[disconnect]]; to [[loosen]]; to [[undo]]; to [[separate]].
9. {{lb|en|law|transitive}} To [[annul]]; to [[rescind]]; to discharge or release.
10. {{lb|en|cinematography|intransitive}} To [[shift]] from one [[shot]] to another by having the former [[fade out]] as the latter fades in.
11. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[resolve]] itself as by dissolution.
12. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[solve]]; to [[clear up]]; to [[resolve]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|cinematography}} a form of [[film punctuation]] in which there is a gradual [[transition]] from one [[scene]] to the next

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