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present participle of dissolve.

dissolving

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cancellation n.
destruction n.
fermentation n.
liquidation n.
obliteration n.
ruination n.

NOUN

cancellation

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abandonment abolition annulment dissolution elimination repeal retirement reversal revocation

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abrogation deletion invalidation nullification recall repudiation retraction undoing

WEAK

abandoning abolishing canceling invalidating overruling quashing recalling retracting reversing revoking withdrawing

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enactment validation

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confirmation

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allowance approval arrangement establishment permission

NOUN

destruction

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annihilation carnage elimination eradication extermination extinction loss massacre murder ruin slaughter

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abolition bane crushing downfall end extinguishing extirpation havoc invalidation liquidation overthrow ravaging ruination sacking shattering slaying subjugation subversion undoing wreckage wrecking

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abolishing assassinating crashing disintegrating disrupting invalidating subverting

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creation

WEAK

building construction improvement reparation restoration

NOUN

fermentation

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agitation ebullition evaporation leavening souring turbulence

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bubbling foaming frothing seething volatilization

NOUN

liquidation

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elimination eradication extinction slaughter

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abolition bane carnage crushing downfall end extermination extinguishing extirpation havoc invalidation loss massacre murder obliteration overthrow ravaging ruin ruination sacking shattering slaying subjugation subversion undoing wreckage wrecking

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abolishing assassinating crashing disintegrating disrupting extinguishment invalidating subverting

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accomplishment building construction creation success

NOUN

obliteration

Synonyms

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abolition bane carnage crushing downfall elimination end eradication extermination extinction extinguishing extirpation havoc invalidation liquidation loss massacre murder overthrow ravaging ruin ruination sacking shattering slaughter slaying subjugation subversion undoing wreckage wrecking

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abolishing assassinating crashing disintegrating disrupting extinguishment invalidating subverting

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accomplishment birth building construction creation success

NOUN

ruination

Synonyms

STRONG

abolition annihilation bane carnage crushing devastation downfall elimination end eradication extermination extinction extinguishing extirpation havoc invalidation liquidation loss massacre murder overthrow ravaging ruin sacking shattering slaughter slaying subjugation subversion undoing wrack wreck wreckage wrecking

WEAK

abolishing assassinating disintegrating disrupting invalidating subverting

Antonyms

STRONG

accomplishment birth building construction creation success

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dissolving

PCE is a synthetic, colorless liquid that is especially effective at dissolving grease.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

Paintings of seated figures almost dissolving into disembodied but anatomically correct drawing, made between about 1941 and 1946, enlarge this story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Grok comes from xAI, which SpaceX merged with in February. xAI no longer exists, with SpaceX dissolving the entity recently.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The Backrooms takes this to the extreme - a physical symbol of memories "dissolving into themselves".

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Its edges...they weren’t defined, but seemed to melt against the blue of the sky like sugar dissolving into tea.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

dissolving

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