Thesaurus / dissolve
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
When treated with hydrochloric or acetic acid they slowly dissolve and rhombic crystals of uric acid appear.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
Upon addition of acetic acid they dissolve, and rhombic plates of uric acid appear.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
Dissolve the suspected stain in a few drops of normal salt solution upon a slide.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
Should an association dissolve, then the members may divide its property among themselves.
PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMANALBERT SIDNEY BOLLES
He repairs to it with eagerness, and clings to it with a tenacity that time cannot relax, nor all the agonies of death dissolve.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAM
There are acids that completely dissolve bone tissue and even clothing but circumstances usually reveal these crimes.
Strong alcohol was used in order to dissolve as much of the tar as possible.
SOME CONSTITUENTS OF THE POISON IVY PLANT: (RHUS TOXICODENDRON)WILLIAM ANDERSON SYME
"Thank you, captain," said Jem, who proceeded instantly to stir and dissolve the clay and pour it carefully away as it dissolved.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MENDCHARLES READE
This deposition will make the solution unsaturated with respect to the smaller crystals and more of these will dissolve.
When water is added to solid silver acetate, the salt will dissolve.
WORDS RELATED TO DISSOLVE
- abolish
- abort
- accomplish
- achieve
- break off
- break up
- call it a day
- call off
- cease
- close
- close out
- complete
- conclude
- consummate
- crown
- culminate
- cut short
- delay
- determine
- discontinue
- dispose of
- dissolve
- drop
- expire
- finish
- get done
- give up
- halt
- interrupt
- pack it in
- perorate
- postpone
- pull the plug
- put the lid on
- quit
- relinquish
- resolve
- settle
- sew up
- shut down
- stop
- switch off
- terminate
- top off
- ultimate
- wind up
- wrap
- wrap up
- abate
- attenuate
- clear
- decline
- deliquesce
- deteriorate
- die away
- die on vine
- dim
- diminish
- disappear
- disperse
- dissolve
- droop
- ebb
- etiolate
- evanesce
- evanish
- evaporate
- fag out
- fail
- fall
- flag
- fold
- hush
- languish
- lessen
- melt
- melt away
- moderate
- perish
- peter out
- quiet
- rarefy
- shrivel
- sink
- slack off
- taper
- thin
- tire
- tucker out
- vanish
- wane
- waste away
- weaken
- wilt
- wither
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