dissolve
IPA: dɪzˈɑɫv
noun
- (cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next
verb
- (transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
- (transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
- (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
- (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
- (chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.
- (chemistry, intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
- (transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
- (transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
- (law, transitive) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
- (cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
- (intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
- (obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
- To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
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Examples of "dissolve" in Sentences
- You "dissolve" the conditions that made the problem possible in the first place.
- A new toothpaste claims to 'dissolve' 88 per cent more dental plaque than other toothpastes.
- 'This is where we evaporate -- this is where my hopes of a successor in the title dissolve -- ha, ha!
- I find that modern ethnic labels dissolve into meaninglessness when attempting to apply them to the past.
- You mentioned the -- you know, doing a slow dissolve, which is another sort of death image in "Slow Motion."
- The opposition leader called for a meeting with the ANC after a decision was taken to "dissolve" the Directorate of Special Operations
- Security Minister Charles Ngakula placed before parliament a proposal to "dissolve" the Scorpions to form a new unit together with the SAPS '
- More importantly, while the screen is excellent, I didn’t like the way the pages ‘turned’ - it looked to me like a cheap dissolve from a shareware movie editing program.
- At first glance, Kelo was remarkable for Justice O'Connor's impassioned dissent, in which she noted that Justice Stevens 'majority opinion would "dissolve" a crucial distinction between the public and private spheres.
- I suspect that if you were to look at Martin Luther King Jr.'s doctrines from your perspective, you might find them guilty of seeming to "dissolve" at times, but I daresay that doesn't mean that his Christianity would have dissolved!
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