dissolve
Vanish into solution
Dissolve means to cause a solid to disperse into a liquid until it disappears: Sugar dissolves in water.
The word extends to anything that gradually disappears or breaks apart: The crowd dissolved, Their marriage dissolved.
A legislature can be dissolved, ending its session.
In film and video, a dissolve is a transition where one image fades as another emerges.
Cease to be visible
- disappearPass from visibility
- dissipateGradually fade away
- evaporateTransition to gaseous state
- waneDecrease gradually
diminish · evanesce · melt away · recede · subside · blur · dim · dispel
Gradual organic breakdown
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- disintegrationProcess of breaking apart
- erosionGradual wearing away
- corrosionChemical wearing away
crumble · deterioration · breakdown · degradation · fragment · disperse · scatter · dissipate
Without legal effect
- nullifyMake of no effect
- invalidateMake null or void
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
cancel · repeal · quash · abrogate · overturn · reverse · undo · retract
State of complete permeation
- aqueousPertaining to liquid solutions
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- polarityState of opposing forces
miscible · hydrophilic · hydrophobic · precipitation · crystallization · salt · equilibrium · suspension
Violent pulls apart
- weepingShedding tears audibly
- sobbingConvulsive crying aloud
- laughterVocal expression of amusement
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
overwhelm · break down · succumb · collapse · crumble · overcome · emotion · distress
Bring to an end
- disbandFormally end a group
- abolishOfficially end a practice
- annulDeclare legally void
- discontinueTo stop doing
conclude · liquidate · wind up · close · cease · demobilize · disestablish · dismantle
vanish
Cease to be visible
wane · diminish · evanesce · melt away · recede · subside · blur · dim · dispel · lift
liquefy
Convert to liquid state
liquify · defrost · molten · flux · warmth · heat · liquid · phase · sugar · tablet
decay
Gradual organic breakdown
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- disintegrationProcess of breaking apart
- erosionGradual wearing away
corrosion · crumble · deterioration · breakdown · degradation · fragment · disperse · scatter · dissipate · collapse
void
Without legal effect
- nullifyMake of no effect
- invalidateMake null or void
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
rescind · cancel · repeal · quash · abrogate · overturn · reverse · undo · retract · withdraw
saturation
State of complete permeation
- aqueousPertaining to liquid solutions
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
polarity · miscible · hydrophilic · hydrophobic · precipitation · crystallization · salt · equilibrium · suspension · dilute
tears
Violent pulls apart
grief · overwhelm · break down · succumb · collapse · crumble · overcome · emotion · distress · release
terminate
Bring to an end
discontinue · conclude · liquidate · wind up · close · cease · demobilize · disestablish · dismantle · decommission
- DIS- wordsdisagree, disallow, disbelieve, disapprove, disarray
- vivid verbsshimmer, sparkle, gleam, glisten, glitter
- Post-productionediting, editor, color grading, film editor, color correction
- Filmmakingcamera, film director, camcorder, directing, script
- destruction verbsdestroy, demolish, wreck, ruin, smash
- disappearingvanish, fade, disappear, vanishing, evaporate
dissolvesolidify
Make or become hard
harden · freeze · coagulate · crystallize · congeal
dissolveestablish
Create formally, permanently
found · form · create · incorporate · constitute
- clot dissolutionBreakdown of coagulated blood
- mineral dissolutionSolid becoming aqueous solution
- dissolved gasesGases held in liquid
- dissolved oxygenOxygen in water
- ego dissolutionDisappearance of personal identity
- legal dissolutionFormal termination by authority
dissolving, dissolved, dissolution, dissolves, dissolvable, dissolver, dissolvers, dissolvability