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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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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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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 geckos were found living around karst rock formations — a type of landscape shaped by the dissolution of soluble rock, typically characterized by dramatic caves, crevices and rugged rocky terrain.
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Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
These geckos live around karst rock formations — terrain shaped by limestone dissolution into caves, crevices and jagged outcrops.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
Think of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the 9/11 terrorist attacks or the killing of Osama bin Laden a decade later.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Most of this work has focused on improving the materials themselves – reducing dissolution in the electrolyte and increasing electrical conductivity.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026
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Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
These geckos live around karst rock formations — terrain shaped by limestone dissolution into caves, crevices and jagged outcrops.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
Think of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the 9/11 terrorist attacks or the killing of Osama bin Laden a decade later.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Most of this work has focused on improving the materials themselves – reducing dissolution in the electrolyte and increasing electrical conductivity.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissolution
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Dixon produced 20 tackles and six pass breakups in his lone campaign with the Tar Heels.—
Mike Kaye
March 24,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2026
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The result would be the cataclysmic breakup of a country of 240 million people.—
Obi Anyadike,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Cypriot government has stated publicly that abolition wouldn't be on the table — at least for now.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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That committee approved a set of different designs, which included images related to the abolition of slavery, the Civil Rights Movement and women's suffrage.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
22 Mar. 2026
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Trump’s administration has said the economic pressure Cuba is under will bring about the communist government’s demise.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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Even after someone's demise, debt collectors can try to collect a payment from a decedent’s estate or, in some cases, from someone who received money from the estate.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Mar. 2026
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Beam credited his team’s execution in gaining a split.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2026
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The Mets lost a pair of split-squad games, going down 3-1 to the Washington Nationals in West Palm Beach, and 7-5 at home.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The lawsuit is the second major legal challenge to the repeal of the endangerment rule.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Earlier this month, Redman again pitched full-scale repeal.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Themes of self-sacrifice dance around the script, but for a film that deals with such dark ideas as isolation and death in space, the film undermines its own pathos at every opportunity.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Cook County medical examiner’s office confirmed the death, but withheld his identity.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Chief among these is a British partition plan, well under way, to establish an Israeli state in Palestine; Jewish refugees, fleeing persecution in Europe, are already arriving en masse and building settlements in the countryside.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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The Mission patients were separated from other patients only by plastic partitions, according to the CMS records.—
Andrew Jones,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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Any balls that fall to the bottom suffer a miserable, dense-center fate, and that simply will not abide on Passover.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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For example, when the count is 2-1 and the batter doesn’t swing at a borderline pitch, his fate will be dramatically shifted by the ensuing call.—
Juliette Arcodia,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Dissolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissolution. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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