1
as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
as the mist dissolved in the morning sun
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as in to disband
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 to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
the king simply dissolved parliament
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as in to dissipate
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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Recent Examples of dissolve
The traditional boundaries of the arts have dissolved.
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Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Stir well until fully dissolved, then finish by adding a lemon-lime beverage of your choice.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2025
Then, at some specific later point, the full merger could take place — dissolving the CTA, Metra and Pace governing boards.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
The move dissolves three local unions.
—Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
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Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Stir well until fully dissolved, then finish by adding a lemon-lime beverage of your choice.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2025
Then, at some specific later point, the full merger could take place — dissolving the CTA, Metra and Pace governing boards.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
The move dissolves three local unions.
—Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissolve
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If gate donations continue to decline, street festivals will continue to shrink or simply disappear.—
Pamela Maass,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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The blood trail continues for a few feet then disappears.—
Megan Kelly Brown,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Van Halen's members have always had strenuous relationships with one another — and that hasn't changed even after the band officially disbanded following Eddie's death.—
Emlyn Travis,
EW.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Democratic Party in Hong Kong, once the city’s largest opposition force, has disbanded following a crackdown by Beijing.—
Adam B. Kushner,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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France belatedly abolished slavery in 1848 in its remaining colonies of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion and French Guyana, which are still territories of France today.—
Marlene L. Daut,
The Conversation,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Legislature eliminated parole for nearly everyone imprisoned for crimes committed after Aug. 1, making Louisiana the 17th state in a half-century to abolish parole altogether and the first in 24 years to do so.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
10 Apr. 2025
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Global conflicts over scarce resources will dissipate, giving way to a new era of peace and abundance.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
15 Apr. 2025
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The story doesn’t resolve so much as dissipate, in a series of almost comically perfunctory twists, reversals, and whispers of geopolitical peril.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2025
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But if the barrier is breached, protection vanishes, and the note’s return moves in tandem with the underlying asset, meaning that the client assumes a 1:1 loss.—
Sergei Klebnikov,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Yorktown vanished about 1,000 miles northwest of Honolulu, and was rediscovered by a U.S. Navy and National Geographic expedition in 1998.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2025
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The question is whether the Trump administration is entitled to repeal a rule that was upheld specifically by the Supreme Court and therefore subject to precedent, said Patrick Parenteau, an emeritus professor at the Vermont Law and Graduate School who has handled endangered species cases.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2025
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In the last two weeks, Trump issued an executive order directing agencies to sunset every existing energy regulation by next year and, in a separate memorandum, said those agencies may repeal certain regulations without allowing the public to weigh in.—
Nichola Groom and Valerie Volcovici,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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But this year, Veach says, is different from others in the way the draft’s talent is dispersed.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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Its more than $50 million budget was largely dispersed through grants to organizations to identify and combat disinformation from foreign adversaries.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
16 Apr. 2025
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First, there was a drip-drip-drip of crisis: as costs everywhere rose, city, state, and federal monies faded away once COVID-era bailout efforts came to an end.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2025
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The blotchy black pattern was very obvious in small snakes but faded and less visible in larger ones, the study said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Dissolve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissolve. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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