1
as in to disrupt
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
quickly dismembered the old toolshed and hauled it off to the dump
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2
as in to dismantle
to take apart
dismembered the stage settings after the last performance
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Recent Examples of dismember
Prosecutors allege Burke, now 21, killed the 14-year-old girl on April 23, 2025, dismembered her nearly two weeks later, and left her remains in the trunk of his Tesla, which was reported abandoned in the Hollywood Hills and later impounded.
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Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
The family was told her body may never be found and police believe she may have been dismembered, according to Prato.
—Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
The body was decomposed and dismembered.
—City News Service, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
There were even more grisly questions: Had her body been dismembered or merely decomposed?
—Jennifer Swann, Wired News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
The family was told her body may never be found and police believe she may have been dismembered, according to Prato.
—Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
The body was decomposed and dismembered.
—City News Service, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
There were even more grisly questions: Had her body been dismembered or merely decomposed?
—Jennifer Swann, Wired News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismember
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What’s next for I-77 South Carter-Adamson and Ivory were disappointed to hear that I-77 will once again disrupt lives around Charlotte.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 May 2026
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Canvas outage disrupted students during finals The timing made the outage especially frustrating.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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That’s why Uthmeier has also sought to dismantle government programs and offices that merely collect data that might show whether minorities are being unfairly shut out of things like government contracts.—
Scott Maxwell,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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It was systematically dismantled by the fierce, courageous resistance of Black mothers, soldiers, and civil rights workers who recognized the lethal power of these performances and put everything on the line to change the course of our history.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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The senior center fielder promptly broke his hamate bone against Lincoln-Way Central.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2026
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Mamdani had spent the preceding weeks observing Ramadan alongside members of the city’s Muslim communities, breaking fast in iftar gatherings with union members or content creators.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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The potential supercycle is detaching the chipmaking sector from the rest of the market.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
11 May 2026
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When the shell does not detach properly, electrolyte molecules are often pulled into unwanted side reactions at the interface.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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Onions can be used as a companion plant to carrots to keep away the destructive carrot fly, a pest that can stunt the growth of carrots and even destroy entire plantings.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2026
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If an Entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or destroyed, entrant’s sole remedy shall be another entry into the Sweepstakes.—
AJC.com,
AJC.com,
10 May 2026
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Vaillancourt Fountain, a Brutalist, pre-cast concrete fountain that’s been the central feature of San Francisco’s Embarcadero Plaza since 1971, caught fire on Wednesday morning as it was being disassembled, according to reports.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
7 May 2026
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As per the researchers, the system can safely disassemble battery packs down to the cell level while exposing the cell terminals for testing and processing.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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But more than anything, Bolles is authentic in a world that is disconnected by social media and polarized by politics.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
9 May 2026
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This isolates the engine from the rest of the plane and disconnects the left generator.—
James Glanz,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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“Dismember.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismember. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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