dissolvent

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The Italian kingdom is the fruit of the alliance between the strong monarchical principles of Piedmont and the dissolvent forces of revolution.

From The Liberation of Italy by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

I would not advise, however, the use of aqua-regia, the infallible dissolvent of gold, because it would disorganize the leather.

From Book Repair and Restoration by Buck, Mitchell

Subsequently, under the dissolvent influences of Versailles and through ridicule’s more annihilating might, though manners persisted morals did not.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar

But Césarine was, like her aunt, a born dissolvent of society's vital elements.

From The Son of Clemenceau by Dumas fils, Alexandre

The Reformation," according to H. A. L. Fisher, "was the great dissolvent of European conservatism.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved