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Definition
dissolve verb (END)
/dɪˈzɒlv/
/-ˈzɑːlv/ v
/-ˈzɑːlv/ v •
[T often passive] to end an official organization or a legal arrangement
Parliament has been dissolved.
Their marriage was dissolved in 1968.
•
[I] to disappear
The tension in the office just dissolves when she walks out.
(Definition of dissolve verb (END) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
