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dissolve v. [
fade out, fade away] become weaker; "The sound faded out"
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dissolve v. [
resolve, break up] cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
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dissolve v. [
break up] come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"
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dissolve n. (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
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dissolve v. [
disband] stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"
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