as in dismantled
to take apart
soldiers were expected to be able to demount and reassemble their weapons
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demounted
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While Soviet authorities entombed that plant in concrete, Tokyo decided on a very different approach — the Fukushima Dai-ichi facility would be entirely dismantled.—
Yusuke Maekawa,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026 -
The March 7, 1965, violence that became known as Bloody Sunday shocked the nation and helped spur passage of the landmark legislation that dismantled barriers to voting for Black Americans in the Jim Crow South.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Stopping, the man dismounted and shot that big bear square in the chest.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
4 Feb. 2026
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This enables wide distribution across the front lines, especially in areas where soldiers are primarily dismounted.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Two tiny humanoid robots that can play soccer stand in a glass case, one blinking and gesturing at visitors and the other partially disassembled to reveal the engineering inside.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Notably, the facility is modular and expandable, allowing it to be disassembled and reassembled on location as productions require.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
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Overhead charges that rise faster than front-line policing costs — and that are disconnected from service levels — undermine trust and strain long-standing relationships.—
Rajiv Bhateja,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Now institutions are answering those calls, and those that do not evolve and innovate risk becoming increasingly disconnected from both students and employers.—
Jeremy Haefner,
Denver Post,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Caerus mount can be detached for remote single-operator use by other AC’s (Assistant Camera Operators) if the chair user cannot operate both the camera and wheelchair concurrently.—
Shirl Leigh
March 02,
New Atlas,
2 Mar. 2026
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In 1965, the British detached the Chagos islands from Mauritius, then named the archipelago as the British Indian Ocean Territory.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Demounted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demounted. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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