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auflösen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • break off verb To end something suddenly, especially a relationship, discussion or agreement.
  • dematerialize verb To vanish so that it no longer has a physical form.
  • disband verb To break up a group so it no longer exists; to disperse.
  • disintegrate verb To break apart into pieces, or to fall apart completely.
  • dissipate verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
  • dissolve verb To mix completely into a liquid so as to become part of the solution.
  • resolve verb To find a satisfactory solution to a problem or disagreement.
  • unravel verb To untangle or separate threads that have become knotted or woven together.
  • untie verb To undo a knot or something tied.
  • wind-up noun An act of teasing someone by telling them something untrue to see how they react, or the false story itself.

Senses

auflösen is used for these senses in English:

  • break off (transitive) To discontinue abruptly.
  • break off (transitive, slang, AAVE) To give (someone) (something); to allow (someone) to take (something); to grant (someone) a share or portion of (something).
  • dematerialize (transitive) To cause something to disappear by making it immaterial.
  • disband (ambitransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
  • disintegrate (science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.
  • disintegrate (intransitive) To fall apart; to break up into parts.
  • dissipate (transitive) To use up or waste; squander.
  • dissolve (physical chemistry) (transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.

break off — full definition

  1. verb To end something suddenly, especially a relationship, discussion or agreement.
  2. verb To detach a piece from a larger whole, or to come away from it.
  3. verb To stop speaking or doing something abruptly.

dematerialize — full definition

  1. verb To vanish so that it no longer has a physical form.
  2. verb To make something vanish by taking away its physical form.
  3. verb To take the physical materials out of a process so that nothing solid is left.
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