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n. - A liquid substance capable of causing other substances to disperse or disintegrate.

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Usage examples (36)
  • Clean lead sheathing by a non-inflammable dissolvent.
  • Incapable of being duped! that horrid maxim is the dissolvent of all noble sentiments in man.
  • He, however, was to learn that there is no greater dissolvent of rancor than intelligent curiosity.
  • Very seldom a disease is met with, that is permitted to run its course without dissolvent or cathartic means.
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