dissolution

noun

ˌdi-sə-ˈlü-shən How to pronounce dissolution (audio)
Definition of dissolutionnext
1
as in breakup
the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces the dissolution of the empire into a patchwork of petty kingdoms

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2
as in abolition
the doing away with something by formal action one of the junta's first acts was the dissolution of the national assembly

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3
as in demise
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities she believed that her leukemia, although in remission, would eventually be the cause of her dissolution

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Recent Examples of dissolution The dissolution of the Kentucky injunction means that Mitchell can apply for a temporary restraining order in Missouri. — Pj Green october 2, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026 The drug induces a powerful loss of personal identity and a brief but total dissolution of time and space. — Ryan Sullivan, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 The federation’s dissolution and British efforts to institute majority rule caused resentment among the ruling white minority in Southern Rhodesia. — Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026 Good Housekeeping tested dissolution in both warm and cold and found every sheet dissolved completely during a full wash cycle. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dissolution
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissolution
  1. breakup
  2. abolition
  3. demise
  4. split
  5. repeal
  6. death
  7. partition
  8. fate
Noun
  • Karlaftis and Nohl Williams knocked down passes, and Williams added another breakup before game’s end.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The fake message, shared alongside images of Fox and an older photograph of the former couple, claimed Kelly was devastated by the breakup and blamed himself for losing her.
    — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
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  • The city had a large Black population, a storied history of abolition and an abundance of Black institutions, yet racial discrimination was still endemic.
    — Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The Democrat, who took office in January, has restricted local cooperation with immigration enforcement operations and repeatedly called for the abolition of ICE.
    — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of abolition
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  • Above all, the election could herald the political demise of Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving PM, who has led the nation for all but 18 months since 2009.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Columnist Bill Plaschke wrote how a team with seemingly every advantage fell short, beat writer Maddie Lee documented what led to the demise, while columnist Bill Shaikin provided updates to several questions on the team’s future.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
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  • Somebody introduced the train-test split and started a leaderboard.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The band recorded a third album in 1977 but its label, Columbia, was unimpressed and declined to release it and Pavlov’s Dog split (the album was final issued by German label Rockville some 30 years later).
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • Voters, though, decisively defeated a repeal measure in 1942.
    — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Several Florida residents traveled to the meeting to voice their support for Ladapo and the vaccine repeal, thanking him for standing up for parents’ rights and even asking him for a selfie.
    — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • The death of actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte was met with a wave of grief from his Breaking Bad co-stars, who shared memories of Mitte following the tragedy.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Pavlovsky worked alongside Karl Lagerfeld until his death in 2019; Virginie Viard from 2019 to 2024, and Matthieu Blazy since April 2025.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
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  • The exhibition layout, conceived by French designer Pascal Rodriguez, unfolds across four successive spaces, separated by partition walls pierced by large circular openings at their centers.
    — Sarah Belmont for ArtNews, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Even Doom‘s famous binary-space partition trees can be broken down into SQL using a sort_key for objects that’s pre-computed for each position at load time.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
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  • Vasilescu says Converse could meet the same fate, given its recent performance and the parent company’s need to focus on fixing other ailing parts of its business, like sales in China and its Jordan brand.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • But in recent weeks, immigrants from a few nations appear to have escaped that fate.
    — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2026
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“Dissolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissolution. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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