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Synonyms for dissolve

verb

  1. To pass from a solid to a liquid state

    liquefy, melt, melt away, thaw, soften, run, deliquesce, fluidify, defrost, diffuse, waste away, flux, pass into solution; see also evaporate 1, melt 1.

    Antonyms harden*, freeze, solidify.

  2. To disintegrate

    break up, separate, break into pieces; see decay, disintegrate 1.

  3. To destroy

    put an end to, eradicate, do away with, terminate; see destroy 1, end 1.

  4. To dismiss

    adjourn, postpone, discontinue; see dismiss 1, suspend 2.

  5. To annul

    repeal, invalidate, render void; see cancel 2.

  6. To fade away

    vanish, melt away, fade; see disappear. See syn. study at melt, suspend.

See dissolve in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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