dissimilate
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～ become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities; "These consonants dissimilate"
dissimulate
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～ hide (feelings) from other people
dissipate
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～ move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"
dissipate
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～ to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
dissipate
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～ live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
dissipate
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～ spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
dissociate
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～ part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
dissociate
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～ regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"
dissociate
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～ to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"
dissolve
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～ cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"
dissolve
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～ cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
dissolve
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～ declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
dissolve
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～ cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"
dissolve
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～ lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"
dissolve
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～ stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"
dissolve
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～ become weaker; "The sound faded out"
dissolve
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～ pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"
dissolve
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～ bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"
dissolve
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～ 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"
dissolve
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～ come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"