Synonyms: dissolve
Definition: (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
Similar words: transition
Definition: a passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Definition: declare void
Usage: The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Definition: come to an end
Usage: Their marriage dissolved; The tobacco monopoly broke up
Definition: bring to an end or halt
Usage: She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime; The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I
Definition: bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
Usage: The decree officially dissolved the marriage; the judge dissolved the tobacco company
Definition: bring to an end or halt
Usage: She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime; The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I
Synonyms: thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, dissolve, melt
Definition: become or cause to become soft or liquid
Usage: 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
Similar words: liquefy, liquify, flux
Definition: become liquid or fluid when heated
Usage: the frozen fat liquefied
Synonyms: dissolve
Definition: pass into a solution
Usage: The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee
Similar words: disintegrate
Definition: break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
Usage: The material disintegrated; the group disintegrated after the leader died
Synonyms: break up, resolve, dissolve
Definition: cause to go into a solution
Usage: The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water
Similar words: change integrity
Definition: change in physical make-up
Synonyms: dissolve, fade away, fade out
Definition: become weaker
Usage: The sound faded out
Similar words: turn, change state
Definition: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Usage: We turned from Socialism to Capitalism; The people turned against the President when he stole the election
Synonyms: dissolve
Definition: cause to fade away
Usage: dissolve a shot or a picture
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: dissolve
Definition: lose control emotionally
Usage: She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme
Similar words: break down, snap, lose it
Definition: lose control of one's emotions
Usage: When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely; When her baby died, she snapped
Synonyms: dissolve
Definition: cause to lose control emotionally
Usage: The news dissolved her into tears
Similar words: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset
Definition: cause to lose one's composure
Definition: stop functioning or cohering as a unit
Usage: The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting