dissolve
verb
[ dɪˈzɒlv ]
• (with reference to a solid) become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution.
• "glucose dissolves easily in water"
• close down or dismiss (an assembly or official body).
• "the National Assembly was dissolved after a coup"
Similar:
disband,
disestablish,
dismiss,
bring to an end,
end,
terminate,
finish,
cease,
conclude,
discontinue,
break up,
split up,
close down,
wind up/down,
suspend,
prorogue,
adjourn,
scrap,
abolish,
do away with,
get rid of,
dissolve
noun
• an act or instance of moving gradually from one image or scene in a film to another.
• "the alternatives to a cut are fades or dissolves"
Origin:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘break down into component parts’): from Latin dissolvere, from dis- ‘apart’ + solvere ‘loosen or solve’.
