dissolvent

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The Reformation," according to H. A. L. Fisher, "was the great dissolvent of European conservatism.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

And how did Goethe, that grand dissolvent in his age when there were fewer of them than at present, proceed in his task of dissolution, of liberation of the modern European from the old routine?

From Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold by Johnson, William Savage

In spite of these fine arguments, at the end of a week a looseness ensued, with some twinges, which I was blasphemous enough to saddle on the universal dissolvent and the new-fangled diet.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I by Lodge, Henry Cabot

The dream was agonizing as he tried one dissolvent after another without success.

From Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Irvin, Rea

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 Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn