dissoluble
Americanadjective
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capable of being dissolved.
tablets dissoluble in water.
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capable of being destroyed, as through disintegration or decomposition.
adjective
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- dissolubility noun
- dissolubleness noun
- redissoluble adjective
- redissolubleness noun
- redissolubly adverb
- undissoluble adjective
Etymology
Origin of dissoluble
1525–35; < Latin dissolūbilis, equivalent to dissolū-, stem of dissolvere to dissolve + -bilis -ble. See dis- 1, soluble
Example Sentences
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Like the commonest form of marriage, it was consummated without any ceremony, and was dissoluble at will.
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I felt how frail, how dissoluble, were the fiery links that bound my feeble spirit to that strong immortal.
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On the other hand the golden mean between an easily dissoluble relationship, more like an alliance than a federation, and a national system resulting from synoecism was practically never attained in early Greek history.
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The law of the Catholic Church treats marriage as a sacramental contract dissoluble only by death, but the Hindu law goes further by declaring against the remarriage of widows.
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Making stout fishing line from a fragile, naturally dissoluble material was challenging.
From Seattle Times
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