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Answer for the clue "Liquefy ", 8 letters:
dissolve

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Word definitions for dissolve in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn: resolve , break up ] pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee" become weaker; "The sound faded out" [syn: fade out ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dissolve \Dis*solve"\, v. i. To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up. To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied. A figure Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat Dissolves to water, and doth lose his form. --Shak. To ...

Usage examples of dissolve.

To the suspension is then added slowly a solution of about two equivalents of trifluoroacetic anhydride dissolved in acetonitrile and previously cooled to about -20 degrees C.

The reduced metal is only slowly dissolved by hydrochloric acid, and although it is readily soluble in aqua regia, the solution cannot be evaporated or freed from the excess of acids, by boiling, without loss of tin, because of the volatility of stannic chloride.

Ladin and Azzam agreed that the organization successfully created for Afghanistan should not be allowed to dissolve.

The black shadow that covers the canvas dissolves, revealing the bright faces, now a little faded: Signoretto, Geraldo, Carlo, Fiammetta, Agata, the beautiful Agata, who seemed then to be destined for a future as a queen.

It seemed on, the edge of dissolving into grey ruin with everything else that had been steady aild safe and long established in the castle.

In Etruria, in Greece, and in Gaul, it was the first care of the senate to dissolve those dangerous confederacies, which taught mankind that, as the Roman arms prevailed by division, they might be resisted by union.

That biphenyl or dibenzodioxin structure - the twelve-pack - dissolves easily in fat.

The water appeared like a run of black oil, as if the castle were dissolving before their eyes, melting back into the rock face.

For instance, bromelain, from pineapple, is used as a skin exfoliant, while trypsin, from animal sources, and amylase and lipase, both from microbial sources, break down and dissolve dead skin cells.

Warburton coaxed it on to a rag of synthetic skin and let it feed before transferring it to yet another hyperactive surface, into which it seemed to dissolve entirely, leaving nothing on the surface but a faint and rather cartoonish outline of a bat in flight.

That the man who slipped into the seat beside her at Chantilly was Julien dissolved her courage and set her heart beating.

Orient may appear in all its realistic detail, in Chateaubriand the ego dissolves itself in the contemplation of wonders it creates, and then is reborn, stronger than ever, more able to savor its powers and enjoy its interpretations.

After the Prussian Army of Observation was dissolved, Clausewitz returned to Breslau, and a few days after his arrival was seized with cholera, the seeds of which he must have brought with him from the army on the Polish frontier.

He had suggested coemptio, or bride-purchase, a marriage easily dissolved by divorce.

The residue contains the antimony as antimonate of soda, and is dissolved off the filter with hot dilute hydrochloric, with the help of a little tartaric, acid.