to dissolve
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4.1
- verb
- /dɪˈzɑlv/
- Formal
- Parliament had been dissolved again.
- dissolve the government
- dissolve parliament
- dissolve the marriage
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Watch on YouTubeWell, yes, courts have dissolved nonprofits when they commit serious fraud.
- Well, yes, courts have dissolved nonprofits when they commit serious fraud.
- Well, Gwyneth Paltrow just announced that she is dissolving her marriage with Chris Martin, her husband.
- Once they have rights, you don't take the company and dissolve it.
- And that is one of the one of the top reasons that marriages dissolve is because of financial issues.
- And soon enough afterwards that the Soviet Union seemed to dissolve, kind of just dissolve into pieces.
- Next, he's going to dissolve the Department of Justice completely and start from scratch.
- But after about a year, the company dissolves because there was a big fire in the warehouse, destroyed everything.
- They would send ships out and these ships would trade and come back and then they dissolve the whole thing.
Examples
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I've decided to dissolve our partnership.
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The board decided to dissolve the committee after its objectives were met.
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And that is one of the one of the top reasons that marriages dissolve is because of financial issues.
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- Your department is to be dissolved.
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Our little partnership has been dissolved.
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Our partnership is officially dissolved.
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In 1984, the team was dissolved.
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- By the laws of our land, I now dissolve my union with my former Queen, Sevira.
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When the marriage is dissolved, it will be transferred to his chosen consort.
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Well, Gwyneth Paltrow just announced that she is dissolving her marriage with Chris Martin, her husband.
Synonyms
165
2.7
To end a close relationship and go separate ways
141
3.4
Make a group of people leave or spread out
111
4.1
To officially end a law, system, or practice
46
3.0
To separate into pieces, for example a machine or a group
43
4.3
To stop being a group, for example a band or committee
11
4.0
To permanently stop operating as a business or organization
3
4.4
Close a shop or business and stop trading
1
4.6
End an agreement before it finishes
1
6.8
Formally end an agreement such as a treaty
1
9.3
End the legal existence of a company, organization, or town
Antonyms
How Final
111
4.1
- Formal
69
4.1
- Formal
67
5.5
141
3.4
228
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dissolve comes from the parts dis- 'apart' and solve 'loosen', like in solution. So when a partnership or committee dissolves, the ties between people are 'loosened apart' and the group ends.