Definitions:

1. bring the association of to an end or cause to break up verb
   • The decree officially dissolved the marriage
2. cause to fade away verb
   • dissolve a shot or a picture
3. cause to go into a solution verb
   • The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water
4. cause to lose control emotionally verb
   • The news dissolved them into tears.
5. come to an end verb
   • Their marriage dissolved
6. declare void verb
   • The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections
7. lose control emotionally verb
   • I dissolved into tears when i heard that my friend had lost all their savings in a pyramid scheme.
8. pass into a solution verb
   • The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee
9. stop functioning or cohering as a unit verb
   • The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting

Synonyms:

• break up
• dethaw
• disband
• dismiss
• fade away
• fade out
• melt
• resolve
• thaw
• unfreeze
• unthaw
• weaken

NearBy Words:

• dissolved
• dissolvent
• dissolver