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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adjective
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite of {undamaged}. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled, dented}; {blasted, rent, ripped, torn}; {broken-backed}; {burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst, ruptured}; {corroded}; {cracked, crackled, crazed}; {defaced, marred}; {hurt, weakened}; {knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out}; {mangled, mutilated}; {peeling}; {scraped, scratched}; {storm-beaten}] Also See {blemished}, {broken}, {damaged}, {destroyed}, {impaired}, {injured}, {unsound}. [WordNet 1.5]
2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some part, or by breaking. Opposite of {unbroken}. [Narrower terms: {busted}; {chipped}; {cracked}; {crumbled, fragmented}; {crushed, ground}; {dissolved}; {fractured}; {shattered, smashed, splintered}; {split}; {unkept, violated}] Also See: {damaged}, {imperfect}, {injured}, {unsound}.
Syn: broken. [WordNet 1.5]
3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged reputation.
Syn: discredited. [WordNet 1.5]
4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as, the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dissolve \Dis*solve"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Dissolved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissolving}.] [L. dissolvere, dissolutum; dis- + solvere to loose, free. See {Solve}, and cf. {Dissolute}.]
1. To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.
Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. --Shak.
2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
Nothing can dissolve us. --Shak.
Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder. --Fairfax.
For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another. --The Declaration of Independence.
3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
As if the world were all dissolved to tears. --Shak.
4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. ''Dissolved the mystery.'' --Tennyson.
Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. --Dan. v. 16.
5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie. --Dryden.
6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
Syn: See {Adjourn}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
dissolved \dissolved\ adjective
1. changed from a solid to a liquid state by increase of temperature; melted. Opposite of {unmelted}.
Syn: liquefied, liquified, melted. [WordNet 1.5]
2. sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion; -- of social bonds and relations. [WordNet 1.5]
3. diffused into a liquid of differing chemical composition, forming a stable solution; -- said of chemical substances. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dissolved
adjective
1: (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form; "add the dissolved gelatin"
2: sundered by divorce or separation or desertion; "a dissolved marriage"
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