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dissolve

English

🔊 (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next
🔊 declare void
“The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections”
🔊 come to an end
“Their marriage dissolved”
🔊 bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
“The decree officially dissolved the marriage”
🔊 become or cause to become soft or liquid
“The sun melted the ice”
🔊 pass into a solution
“The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee”
🔊 cause to go into a solution
“The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water”
🔊 become weaker
“The sound faded out”
🔊 cause to fade away
“dissolve a shot or a picture”
🔊 lose control emotionally
“She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme”
🔊 cause to lose control emotionally
“The news dissolved her into tears”
🔊 stop functioning or cohering as a unit
“The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting”