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dissolvent

[dih-zol-vuhnt] / dɪˈzɒl vənt /




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This it is that most shakes our vital desire and most intensifies the dissolvent efficacy of reason.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch

The Italian kingdom is the fruit of the alliance between the strong monarchical principles of Piedmont and the dissolvent forces of revolution.

From The Liberation of Italy by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco

Subsequently, under the dissolvent influences of Versailles and through ridicule’s more annihilating might, though manners persisted morals did not.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus

There are organizations which it affects like a dissolvent, there are others which it affects like wine.

From Eden An Episode by Edgar Saltus

Frederick the Great’s base tolerance produced dissolvent effects.

From German Problems and Personalities by Charles Saroléa




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