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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as in to dismantle
to take apart
dismembered the stage settings after the last performance
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Recent Examples of dismember
Nine bodies, believed to be the remains of missing students, were discovered dismembered on the side of a Mexican highway earlier this week.
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
On New Year's Day in 2023, Brian Walshe allegedly killed and dismembered his 39-year-old wife, Ana Walshe, in their home in Cohasset, about 25 miles from where O'Keefe died.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2025
And with that chain saw, the president has begun dismembering America’s great scientific institutions.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Two men are accused of swindling an elderly Florida man out of large amounts of money before killing him and dismembering his body, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office press release.
—Laura Barcella, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
On New Year's Day in 2023, Brian Walshe allegedly killed and dismembered his 39-year-old wife, Ana Walshe, in their home in Cohasset, about 25 miles from where O'Keefe died.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2025
And with that chain saw, the president has begun dismembering America’s great scientific institutions.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Two men are accused of swindling an elderly Florida man out of large amounts of money before killing him and dismembering his body, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office press release.
—Laura Barcella, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismember
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DDoS Threats Cybercriminals threaten Distributed Denial of Service attacks to disrupt personal websites unless payment is made.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Unions point out that the CSRA granted federal workers collective bargaining rights in order to provide them a way to address workplace issues without disrupting government operations.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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Some 4,000 POWs arrived late in the war and were used to dismantle the hundreds of buildings that had been hastily constructed.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2025
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Yet Macron said his nation would defend itself with the goal of dismantling the tariffs.—
Time,
Time,
30 Mar. 2025
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Alexandra Koch is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Two judges have found the administration broke federal laws in its handling of the layoffs and ordered workers reinstated.—
Time,
Time,
29 Mar. 2025
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It was easily detached and reapplied while also retaining its adhesion.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
27 Mar. 2025
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When the wing detached, 6,000 pounds of jet fuel onboard sprayed out leading to a fire and explosion.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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Af Klint edited her own notebooks later in life, rewriting or destroying entire passages and exorcising biographical details.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Palisades and Eaton fires burned more than 40,000 acres and destroyed at least 12,000 buildings.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Most of the sets were built in Toronto, disassembled, and flown to Iqaluit for reassembly, with each piece put on palettes and packed to fit the cargo plane’s fuselage.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Then disassemble all the grinder’s parts, rinse them off, and run them through the dishwasher or wash them by hand.—
Wes Siler,
Outside Online,
11 Mar. 2025
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Republican Senator Steve Daines, of Montana, said a staffer tested the agency's main phone line and was disconnected twice before holding for an hour on the third try, only to be cut off again.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Without that strategic mindset, DEI risks becoming performative and, while well-intentioned, is ultimately disconnected from real impact.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Dismember.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismember. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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