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as in vanished
to cease to be visible
as the mist dissolved in the morning sun
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as in disbanded
to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization
the company formally dissolved three months after declaring bankruptcy
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as in abolished
to put an end to by formal action
the king simply dissolved parliament
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as in dissipated
to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole
the clouds gradually dissolved, and the sun came out
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as in disappeared
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Recent Examples of dissolved
Evan Bush, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
This was when Earth’s oceans witnessed an oceanic anoxic event, where vast areas became severely depleted of dissolved oxygen.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2025
Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Not only was the Pride Lounge dismantled, but a lounge for students of color was dissolved, too, Sundaram said.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Today, 20 years of guilt have dissolved into what’s going on 20 years of friendship.
—Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
When Soft Cell initially dissolved in the mid-Eighties, Ball formed the electronic dance group the Grid alongside Richard Norris.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Confronted by communist crowds, the afternoon dissolved into bloody street fighting.
—Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The group dissolved after the release of This Last Night In Sodom, and Ball made his name as a producer, working for musicians like Kylie Minogue, David Bowie, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, and Gavin Friday.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Items mentioned in the ban include noncombustible products which can be chewed, absorbed, dissolved or ingested by other means.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Under an order issued last week by Immergut, the administration now has 48 hours to request that her second temporary restraining order against the deployment be dissolved.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
Heat decreases the amount of dissolved oxygen in water.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
This was when Earth’s oceans witnessed an oceanic anoxic event, where vast areas became severely depleted of dissolved oxygen.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, a business is dissolved and its assets are sold to pay off creditors.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Not only was the Pride Lounge dismantled, but a lounge for students of color was dissolved, too, Sundaram said.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Today, 20 years of guilt have dissolved into what’s going on 20 years of friendship.
—Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
When Soft Cell initially dissolved in the mid-Eighties, Ball formed the electronic dance group the Grid alongside Richard Norris.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Confronted by communist crowds, the afternoon dissolved into bloody street fighting.
—Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The group dissolved after the release of This Last Night In Sodom, and Ball made his name as a producer, working for musicians like Kylie Minogue, David Bowie, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, and Gavin Friday.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Items mentioned in the ban include noncombustible products which can be chewed, absorbed, dissolved or ingested by other means.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Under an order issued last week by Immergut, the administration now has 48 hours to request that her second temporary restraining order against the deployment be dissolved.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissolved
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The celebration was short-lived, however, when the smallest of the whales, a yearling biologists had named Bone and Inuit had named Kanik (or Snowflake) disappeared beneath the ice for good.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The resilience that disappeared north of the border was back.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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The program was disbanded this fall.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
24 Oct. 2025
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At the end of those 103 shows, the group essentially disbanded, Beckham said.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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In the 1980s, the Construction Differential Subsidy was abolished, hollowing out the commercial base.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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Rogers noted that the book argues that a central cause of the war was Anglo settlers’ determination to keep slaves in bondage after Mexico largely abolished it.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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With a muted atmosphere at the Olympic Stadium amidst despondent home support, West Ham’s opportunity was a potential mood-changer whose energy dissipated in the rattling of the woodwork.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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The ivory tower is losing luster by the second, after campuses around the country proved to be hotbeds of antisemitism, grade inflation has spiked rather than dissipated, and outrageous tuitions fund outlandish administrative salaries.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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The most famous came in 1911, when Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa vanished from its frame—stolen by Italian decorator Vincenzo Peruggia and missing for more than two years before resurfacing in Florence.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The flow of migrants that kept Vargas and other raft pilots here busy for years, surging during the Biden administration, has vanished.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Surf City voters repealed the review board in a special election in June.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Northwest Passage Act, which offered a reward to any Briton who could chart a shipping route through Arctic Canada to Asia, had been repealed in 1818.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Police dispersed the protesters, according to South Korea's newspaper.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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But Kevin Buffalino, with the Sacramento Food Bank, said the $80 million that would have been dispersed through the year isn’t enough to meet needs that have been growing since before the shutdown.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Seeking justice, centuries later Though the frenzy surrounding witchcraft in England faded in the decades following the Maidstone trial, and all laws criminalizing witchcraft have long since been repealed, the convictions of those women – and hundreds like them – still stand.—
James Frater,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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That quirk of the JWST never faded, as the telescope naturally cocoons its targets in only the most deserving frames.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Dissolved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissolved. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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