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Meanings of dissolve away in English

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Usage of dissolve away in English
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All things, again, at the universal dissolution dissolve away in thee.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
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Most of these claims dissolve away the moment one examines them.
The Democracy Project
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Every frog, as it hit the running water, seemed to dissolve away to nothing.
The Pinhoe Egg
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At any moment, like shifting vapour, it might dissolve away.
The Cruise of the Snark
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Lack of gravity also has the effect of causing bone to, almost literally, dissolve away.
BBC
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Under his fingers the stitches began to dissolve away.
Another part of the wood
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The ball shrank, and tattered, and seemed to dissolve away like smoke in a wind.
The Pinhoe Egg
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A well-placed worm can burrow into prose, dissolve away tired exposition and leave description and dialogue untouched.
One of our Thursdays is missing
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When dissolution comes, all else dissolve away.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
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Even by aliora standards, she looked fragile; the pale skin looked ready to dissolve away from the bones beneath.
Summers at Castle Auburn
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Was her existence absorbed in nature's loveliest phenomenon, and did her pure frame dissolve away in the varied light?
Twice-Told Tales
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Within these shifting shadows images and vistas seemed to form spontaneously, only to dissolve away almost instantly as she watched.
Orb Sceptre Throne
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Without the surrounding pressure and action of these atmospheres the interior and exterior forms of the body would evidently dissolve away.
Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom
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But when the car goes well it's a tremendous feeling and it makes all the bits that are tough dissolve away.
The Guardian
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In old age the faint reliefs of the land dissolve away, chiefly under the action of the weather, beneath their cloak of waste.
The Elements of Geology
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Some treat it by stippling in acids underneath the gum, thinking thereby to dissolve away not only the tartar, but the necrosed bone.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882
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