1
as in disappears
to cease to be visible
as the mist dissolved in the morning sun
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as in disbands
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 abolishes
to put an end to by formal action
the king simply dissolved parliament
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as in dissipates
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 dissolves
Every product is backed by Calprox science, supersmile's proprietary formula that gently dissolves the biofilm that plaque, bacteria and stains adhere to -- all for cleaner teeth.
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Tory Johnson, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Karst environments form when soluble rock dissolves over time, creating networks of caves, sinkholes and underground waterways.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Spanning nearly three hours and unfolding across two ceremonies, a wedding in France and a ritual in Guinea-Bissau, Dao dissolves the boundaries between reality and fiction to offer a meditation on the cyclical nature of life, people and traditions.
—Teresa Xie, NPR, 20 Feb. 2026
That moisture then dissolves the salt, creating a concentrated brine that's reabsorbed into the meat, flavoring it throughout.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
These devices hint at a future in which the boundary between biology and technology dissolves, and where miniature machines travel inside the body to heal us from within.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026
Each dissolves in under three seconds.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Isabel gives her name to this film, but Isabel dissolves on the tongue.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2026
Although most of the fragments in it show figurative details, the picture overall dissolves into an abstract pattern.
—Benjamin Lima
special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
Tory Johnson, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Karst environments form when soluble rock dissolves over time, creating networks of caves, sinkholes and underground waterways.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Spanning nearly three hours and unfolding across two ceremonies, a wedding in France and a ritual in Guinea-Bissau, Dao dissolves the boundaries between reality and fiction to offer a meditation on the cyclical nature of life, people and traditions.
—Teresa Xie, NPR, 20 Feb. 2026
That moisture then dissolves the salt, creating a concentrated brine that's reabsorbed into the meat, flavoring it throughout.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
These devices hint at a future in which the boundary between biology and technology dissolves, and where miniature machines travel inside the body to heal us from within.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026
Each dissolves in under three seconds.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Isabel gives her name to this film, but Isabel dissolves on the tongue.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2026
Although most of the fragments in it show figurative details, the picture overall dissolves into an abstract pattern.
—Benjamin Lima
special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissolves
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His customers include older baby boomers and Gen X‑ers nostalgic for the players of their childhood, but most have been millennials like himself, drawn to something tactile and analog in an era when everything else disappears into the digital ether.—
Oliver Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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That’s like the part of the map that disappears and there are dragons there.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
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And once the dog is found, the Search Party network disbands.—
Mike Feibus,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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DiCaprio plays Bob, a revolutionary in hiding with his teen daughter (Chase Infiniti) after his activist group the French 75 disbands in chaos.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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Instead, this measure abolishes them.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
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The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 Aug. 2025
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After the fog dissipates, temperatures will be in the 80s across the greater Orlando metro and surrounding areas.—
Garfield Hylton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2026
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As that belief dissipates, talent retention, consumer trust, and the social license to operate all decline.—
Martin Whittaker,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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And at that point, ushered into the floating mists of non-consensus with murmurings of political unease regarding content or intellectual befuddlement regarding style, the briefly sighted, singular beast of language vanishes from the visible landscape.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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The story is driven by siblings Codi (10) and Vera (15), still reeling one year after their mother Loren vanishes during a mysterious accident at her hi-tech lab.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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The helpline disperses the weight of neighborhood needs using real-time contact data to assess requests and organizational response capacity.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Reinbold said the Park Foundation holds taxpayer money and donations given to Freedom 250, almost like a bank, and disperses it at the request of the Park Service.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Legal challenges are certain for an action that repeals all greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and trucks, and could unleash a broader undoing of climate regulations on stationary sources such as power plants and oil and gas facilities, experts say.—
Matthew Daly,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
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The bill also repeals sanctions on Syria under the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
10 Dec. 2025
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Singleton acknowledged that sustaining the coordinated, multi-agency model beyond the World Cup will be difficult once the spotlight fades.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The continent’s funds have seen steady inflows over the last 12 months, after years of outflows, as pessimism over Europe’s economy fades.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Dissolves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissolves. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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