dis·solve
v.tr.
1.  To cause to pass into solution: dissolve salt in water.
2.  To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.
3.  To cause to disappear or vanish; dispel.
4.  To break into component parts; disintegrate.
5.  To bring to an end by or as if by breaking up; terminate.
6.  To dismiss (a legislative body, for example): dissolved parliament and called for new elections.
7.  To cause to break down emotionally or psychologically; upset.
8.  To cause to lose definition; blur; confuse: "Morality has finally been dissolved in pity" Leslie Fiedler.
9.  Law  To annul; abrogate.
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