dissolving

verb

present participle of dissolve
1
as in vanishing
to cease to be visible as the mist dissolved in the morning sun

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2
as in disbanding
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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3
as in abolishing
to put an end to by formal action the king simply dissolved parliament

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4
as in dissipating
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 dissolving Its technology mechanically processes raw materials, such as wood pulp, into textile fibers without dissolving them. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026 The practical effect is that the traditional boundaries between our roles are dissolving. — Abhishek Yadav, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 The mother cell generating the spore covers roughly 87% of the cost of building it, feeding materials to it through a narrow channel, before dissolving herself to set the spore free. — Canan Karakoç, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026 Baird, a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, favors density and percussive force, while Williams, a trumpeter, tends to work in subliminal textures and blurred, dissolving tones. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2026 Lemon and lime juice, thanks to their citric acid, are a surefire method for dissolving mineral deposits and tackling tougher stains while also adding a nice smell. — Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 27 Sep. 2026 Mendoza also claimed Peters injected her face with Aqualyx –—a fat-dissolving treatment that has not been approved by the FDA — and livestreamed it without her permission, according to the complaint. — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2026 The lawsuit also accuses Peters of later injecting the girl with a fat-dissolving substance during a livestream without consent. — ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026 The trio also marks the first artist to be given the Video Vanguard while no longer active — frontman Kurt Cobain died by suicide in 1994, with the band dissolving immediately after — since The Beatles won in 1984, the VMAs’ first year. — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissolving
  1. vanishing
  2. disbanding
  3. abolishing
  4. dissipating
  5. disappearing
  6. dispersing
  7. repealing
  8. fading
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  • Along with Max, Erica advocated for a charity stamp to benefit vanishing species and has been vocal about LGBTQ+ visibility at baseball games.
    — Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
  • If live sports are the only thing preventing the bundle from vanishing outright, a stable virtual MVPD market has gone a long way toward moderating the overall losses in the pay-TV space.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of vanishing
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  • After Cobain’s death, Novoselic formed the band Sweet 75 in 1994, which released one album before disbanding in 2000, followed by Eyes Adrift, which also released one album before disbanding in early 2003.
    — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys — before disbanding for a half-decade in the mid-2010s.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026
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  • The vice president also blasted Nixon, who is in an uphill race to defeat Moody, for supporting defunding the police and abolishing prisons.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Coleman later joins forces with HopesAndDrums for a house mix that calls for abolishing ICE.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
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  • After dissipating, some of the storm’s remnant moisture then traveled into parts of New Mexico and West Texas, bringing heavy rainfall to the region.
    — Newsroom Meteorologist, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Rinsing also cools down the seed, dissipating heat that builds up from the sprouting seeds.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of dissipating
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  • Worried about your package disappearing from your porch this holiday season?
    — Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • But Week 4 brought an especially jarring wave, with stars and indispensable starters disappearing from game after game, giving teams an early lesson in contingency planning.
    — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of disappearing
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  • Other finds suggested that rather than dispersing, at least some of the town’s citizenry moved to Lauriacum along with the military.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Last year, Vought mandated that the NIH fund grants in their entirety up front, rather than dispersing funds on a yearly basis.
    — STAT, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of dispersing
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  • Demolishing universities, assaulting the press, violently resegregating the public sphere, ramming degenerative AI down our throats, incarcerating mere zine makers, the regime is systematically repealing the right to culture.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In contrast to Democrats, their agenda has included repealing no-excuse absentee balloting, banning the use of ballot drop boxes and instituting stronger voter identification requirements.
    — Daniel J. Mallinson, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
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  • Fixed on a mobile rig that will at times careen and whoosh across the stage when not otherwise holding on Winter, Anderson’s camera catches the expressionism and chiaroscuro of stage lights illuminating and fading off the singer’s face.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But hopes of winning the two states have been fading, and the GOP is increasingly focused on playing defense elsewhere with five weeks until the midterm elections.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of fading

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“Dissolving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissolving. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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