DEMOUNTED Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

demounted

verb

past tense of demount

as in dismantled

to take apart soldiers were expected to be able to demount and reassemble their weapons

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His first bestseller, The Best Place to Work, dismantled assumptions about workplace culture.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The verdict is among the latest involving Hong Kong’s once-vibrant pro-democracy movement, which has largely been dismantled after the security law's introduction in 2020.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of dismantled

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Meanwhile, the owner of the carriage involved in the fatal crash suspended the driver indefinitely and plans to retire the horse, according to union officials, who said the driver improperly dismounted to take a photograph of his passengers.

— Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
Their father dismounted, went down on foot, climbed the fence his son had crawled under.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of dismounted

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Department crews disconnected an eight-inch water main on Wednesday to conduct emergency repairs, resulting in a temporary water outage for the area.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
How bizarre, off-putting and disconnected from the NFL would that be?

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of disconnected

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And right now the -- a lot of the worst politicians right now are sitting up on high in Oval Office rooms, detached from the feelings of working class people.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
The study hypothesized that the sickle was added before the body fully decomposed since no joints were detached or displaced, as archaeologists would expect if a grave were to be disturbed after the body became a skeleton.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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