dissolve

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: dis=solve
• COUNT in NET: 3 in 3 verses (in OT : 2 in 2 verses) (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

dissolve, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. make or become liquid, esp. by immersion or dispersion in a liquid.
2 intr. & tr. disappear or cause to disappear gradually.
3 a tr. dismiss or disperse (an assembly, esp. parliament). b intr. (of an assembly) be dissolved (cf. DISSOLUTION).
4 tr. annul or put an end to (a partnership, marriage, etc.).
5 intr. (of a person) become enfeebled or emotionally overcome (completely dissolved when he saw her; dissolved into tears).
6 intr. (often foll. by into) Cinematog. change gradually (from one picture into another).
--n. Cinematog. the act or process of dissolving a picture.

Derivative

dissolvable adj.

Etymology

ME f. L dissolvere dissolut- (as DIS-, solvere loosen)

THESAURUS

dissolve

ablate, abrogate, adjourn, annihilate, atomize, attenuate, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed, be gone, be no more, be wiped out, blow off, break into, break up, bring to ruin, cast forth, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, cipher, clear away, clear up, collapse, colliquate, come apart, conclude, condemn, confound, consume, corrode, crack up, crumble, crumble into dust, cut, damn, deactivate, deal destruction, debrief, decay, decimate, decipher, decline, decoagulate, decoct, decompose, deliquesce, dematerialize, demob, demobilize, demolish, depart, depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, detach, devastate, devour, die, die away, die out, diffuse, dilute, diminish, disappear, disband, discharge, disintegrate, disjoin, dismiss, disorganize, dispel, disperse, dissipate, do a fade-out, dope out, drive away, dwindle, engorge, erode, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, fade out, fall to pieces, figure out, finish, fission, flee, fluidify, fluidize, flux, fly, fuse, go, go away, go separate ways, gobble, gobble up, gut, gut with fire, havoc, hide, hold in solution, incinerate, infuse, lay in ruins, lay waste, leach, leave no trace, leave the scene, let go, liquefy, liquesce, liquidate, liquidize, lixiviate, melt, melt away, melt down, melt into, molder, muster out, part, part company, pass, pass away, pass out, percolate, perish, peter out, prorogate, prorogue, puzzle out, quash, ravage, recess, release, resolve, retire from sight, ruin, ruinate, run, scatter, separate, shatter, shipwreck, shoot, sink, sink away, solubilize, solve, split, split up, sublime, suffer an eclipse, swallow up, terminate, thaw, thin, thin out, throw into disorder, unclot, unfold, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, unravel, upheave, vacate, vandalize, vanish, vanish from sight, vaporize, vise, void, volatilize, waste, waste away, wear away, wind up, wrack, wreak havoc, wreck

ROGET THESAURUS

dissolve

Inexistence

VB not exist, have no existence, be null and void, cease to exist, pass away, perish, be extinct, become extinct, die out, disappear, melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind, go, be no more, die, annihilate, render null, nullify, abrogate, destroy, take away, remove, obliterate, extirpate.

Unsubstantiality

VB vanish, evaporate, fade, dissolve, melt away, disappear.

Decomposition

VB decompose, decompound, analyze, disembody, dissolve, resolve into its elements, separate into its elements, electrolyze, dissect, decentralize, break up, disperse, unravel, crumble into dust.

Abrogation

VB abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, abolish, revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall, abolitionize, overrule, override, set aside, disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void, disestablish, disendow, deconsecrate, disclaim, ignore, repudiate, recant, divest oneself, break off, countermand, counter order, do away with, sweep away, brush away, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, scatter to the winds, cast behind, dismiss, discard, cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away, send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business, discharge, get rid of, bounce, fire, fire out, sack, cashier, break, oust, unseat, unsaddle, unthrone, dethrone, disenthrone, depose, uncrown, unfrock, strike off the roll, disbar, disbench, be abrogated, receive its quietus, walk the plank.

Destruction

VB be destroyed, perish, fall to the ground, tumble, topple, go to pieces, fall to pieces, break up, crumble to dust, go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin, go by the board, go all to smash, be all over, be all up, be all with, totter to its fall, destroy, do away with, make away with, nullify, annual, sacrifice, demolish, tear up, overturn, overthrow, overwhelm, upset, subvert, put an end to, seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo, break up, cut up, break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down, suppress, quash, put down, do a job on, cut short, take off, blot out, dispel, dissipate, dissolve, consume, smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver, batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, laniate, nip, tear to rags, tear to tatters, crush to atoms, knock to atoms, ruin, strike out, throw over, knock down over, fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge, lay in ashes, lay in ruins, sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze, level with the dust, level with the ground, waste, atomize, vaporize, deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut, disorganize, dismantle, devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound, exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate, snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out, lay in the dust, trample in the dust, prostrate, tread under foot, crush under foot, trample under foot, lay the ax to the root of, make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of, cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons, fling to the winds, scatter to the winds, throw overboard, strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword, cast to the dogs, eradicate.

Liquefaction

VB render liquid, liquefy, run, deliquesce, melt, solve, dissolve, resolve, liquate, hold in solution, condense, precipitate, rain.

Disappearance

VB disappear, vanish, dissolve, fade, melt away, pass, go, avaunt, evaporate, vaporize, be gone, leave no trace, leave 'not a rack behind', go off the stage, suffer an eclipse, undergo an eclipse, retire from sight, be lost to view, pass out of sight, lose sight of, efface.