dissolve

cause to go into a solution

• “The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water”

pass into a solution

• “The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee”

become weaker

• “The sound faded out”

come to an end

• “Their marriage dissolved”
• “The tobacco monopoly broke up”

stop functioning or cohering as a unit

• “The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting”

cause to lose control emotionally

• “The news dissolved her into tears”

lose control emotionally

• “She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme”

cause to fade away

• “dissolve a shot or a picture”

become or cause to become soft or liquid

• “The sun melted the ice”
• “the ice thawed”
• “the ice cream melted”
• “The heat melted the wax”
• “The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase”
• “dethaw the meat”

bring the association of to an end or cause to break up

• “The decree officially dissolved the marriage”
• “the judge dissolved the tobacco company”

declare void

• “The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections”

(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out