| declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" Synonyms: dismiss,
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| come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up" Synonyms: break up,
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| bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" Synonyms: break up,
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| 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" Synonyms: thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt,
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| pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"
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| cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" Synonyms: resolve, break up,
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| become weaker; "The sound faded out" Synonyms: fade out, fade away,
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| cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"
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| lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"
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| cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"
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| stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" Synonyms: disband,
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