From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
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}.
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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.
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3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
reputation.
Syn: discredited.
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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.0.48 [gcide]:
Dissolve \Dis*solve"\, v. t. [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.
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Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. --Shak.
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2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to
sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
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Nothing can dissolve us. --Shak.
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Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
--Fairfax.
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For one people to dissolve the political bands which
have connected them with another. --The
Declaration of
Independence.
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3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture,
etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
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As if the world were all dissolved to tears. --Shak.
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4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the
mystery." --Tennyson.
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Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. --Dan. v.
16.
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5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
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Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie. --Dryden.
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6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as,
to dissolve an injunction.
Syn: See {Adjourn}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
dissolved \dissolved\ adj.
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.
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3. diffused into a liquid of differing chemical composition,
forming a stable solution; -- said of chemical substances.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dissolved
adj 1: (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form; "add the
dissolved gelatin"
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