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Definition of dissolve : 1. To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
2. To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.
3. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
4. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
5. To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.
6. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
7. 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.
8. To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
9. To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

Synonyms:

fragment, interrupt, recess, crack, usher out, throw out, dismantle, disregard, dethaw, free, conclude, terminate, brush off, harden, break up, send packing, see, give the sack, fragmentize, crack up, fire, mellow, help, fragmentise, fade out, sever, soften, displace, end, answer, mellow out, send away, solid, discount, solve, part, split up, suspend, postpone, purpose, flux, can, take apart, disassemble, melt down, ignore, break apart, resolve, brush aside, fuse, split, unthaw, settle, repeal, decide, crash, crock up, break down, release, meld, give the axe, fadeaway, sack, collapse, freeze, pick, fade away, adjourn, continue, disband, increase, adjudicate, calve, disrupt, cut off, unfreeze, dispel, unblock, deliquesce, discontinue, push aside, force out, give notice

flee, hide, depart, vanish, go, fade, disappear, sink, fly, melt

break, rupture, degenerate, shatter, turn, anatomize, crumble, mortify, rot, spoil, fracture, disintegrate, putrefy, decay, decompose, dissect

delete, eliminate, efface, extinguish, dismiss, reject, disavow, invalidate, eradicate, nullify, retract, disaffirm, veto, refute, abnegate, neutralize, deny, withdraw, obliterate, destroy, cancel, abolish, repudiate, revoke, negate, undo, disclaim, annul, divorce

run, liquefy, thaw

dislocate, diffuse, dole, diverge, disburse, diffract, evaporate, distribute, radiate, refract, scatter, separate, disconnect, disperse, disorder, detach, evanesce

erode, exhaust, debit, decrement, divest, decrease, drop, dissipate, deplete, lose, dispossess, misplace, shrink, forfeit

Usage examples:

• His mind seemed to soften and dissolve; a great calm descended upon his spirit. - "Mortal Coils", Aldous Huxley.
• They must have had something to dissolve it in first, and it would have taken too long to fill everything full of the stuff. - "Mr. Trunnell", T. Jenkins Hains.
• Repeated cheers were raised, then the accumulation of corrupt elements began to dissolve and flow off into every direction. - "The Progressionists, and Angela.", Conrad von Bolanden.