dissolve

/dษชหˆzษ’lv/

IPA: /D IH0 Z AA1 L V/

noun
  1. 1

    A form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next

Synonyms

verb
  1. 1

    To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.

    โ€œThe ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority.โ€

  2. 2

    To destroy, make disappear.

  3. 3

    To liquify, melt into a fluid.

  4. 4

    To be melted, changed into a fluid.

  5. 5

    To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.

  6. 6

    To be disintegrated by such immersion.

  7. 7

    To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.

  8. 8

    To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

  9. 9

    To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.

    โ€œto dissolve an injunctionโ€

  10. 10

    To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.

  11. 11

    To resolve itself as by dissolution.

  12. 12

    To solve; to clear up; to resolve.

  13. 13

    To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dissolve