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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
Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada The Who could have pulled a Led Zeppelin when Moon died and dissolved the band.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
The Federal Communications Commission approved Paramount Global’s merger with Skydance and its subsidiaries on Thursday, after the entertainment company committed to dissolving its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025
On this day in 1914: Austria-Hungary issued a series of ultimatums to Serbia that included allowing Austria-Hungary to investigate who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, and demanded that Serbia cease all anti-Austrian propaganda and dissolve its nationalist organizations.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
Baku ended up fully reconquering Nagorno-Karabakh and dissolving the Armenian-run breakaway state there.
—Jeffrey Mankoff, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
The Federal Communications Commission approved Paramount Global’s merger with Skydance and its subsidiaries on Thursday, after the entertainment company committed to dissolving its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025
On this day in 1914: Austria-Hungary issued a series of ultimatums to Serbia that included allowing Austria-Hungary to investigate who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, and demanded that Serbia cease all anti-Austrian propaganda and dissolve its nationalist organizations.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
Baku ended up fully reconquering Nagorno-Karabakh and dissolving the Armenian-run breakaway state there.
—Jeffrey Mankoff, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025
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Since then, that offensive production has all but disappeared.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
17 Aug. 2025
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Housing dollars dry up, environmental justice projects stall, and community investments disappear, not because the need is gone, but because the voice for them was cut out of the process.—
Lenwood V. Long,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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This year alone, the U.S. Park Police have disbanded about 70 encampments from federal parks in the city, said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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What To Know South Korea's active-duty force now numbers 450,000, down by about 110,000 from 2019, with 17 divisions having been disbanded or merged.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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Even after slavery was abolished, some families who sought to find their kin never did.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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New York state, where Gendron pleaded guilty to 15 state charges, including multiple counts of murder, abolished capital punishment in 2004.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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The storm is expected to dissipate in the Atlantic Ocean over the course of the week, according to Fox affiliate WTVT-TV.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The sewage can dissipate through the cove or enter the Connecticut River through Folly Brook.—
Elijah Polance,
Hartford Courant,
3 Aug. 2025
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Seventeen children vanish at exactly 2:17 a.m., leaving behind only one boy — Alex Lilly (Cary Christopher).—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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That funding — which totaled more than $250 million for the state, including about $192 million from Baldwin — vanished earlier this year after Congress passed a continuing resolution that did not include the earmarks.—
Lawrence Andrea,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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His lawsuit claims that if fully developed, the area could require as many as 450 parking spaces under the parking minimum requirements the city repealed in 2021 Management for JB Vang couldn’t immediately be reached for comment on Wednesday.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
13 Aug. 2025
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The bills, the lawmakers said, would repeal the section in the Home Rule Act that allows the President to federalize the city’s police force.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
11 Aug. 2025
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The camera captures the size of each ground, assuming the grounds are dispersed appropriately.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
13 Aug. 2025
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At that time, the raging floodwater also pushed tons of glacial sediment across the area, which the wind then dispersed.—
Becky Cooper,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Aug. 2025
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That uptick in sales and streams hasn’t faded just yet, even though the shock has largely worn off.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The television had faded to a speck and Ted took my other hand and the three of us snaked from the room.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Dissolve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissolve. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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