dissolve
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Definitions ofdissolve
- A form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next
Synonyms: "fade out"
- To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
Example: "The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority."
- To destroy, make disappear.
- To liquify, melt into a fluid.
- To be melted, changed into a fluid.
- To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.
- To be disintegrated by such immersion.
- To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
- To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
- To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
Example: "to dissolve an injunction"
- To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
Synonyms: "fade out"
- To resolve itself as by dissolution.
- To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
- To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
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