dismantled

verb

past tense of dismantle
as in disassembled
to take apart dismantle the table for easier transport

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Recent Examples of dismantled The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has been canceled, dismantled and auctioned off. — Naomi Jeffries, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026 Berlanga needs a bounce-back performance after he was dismantled by Hamzah Sheeraz almost a year ago in Queens at Louis Armstrong Stadium. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 As part of the five-year restoration project, the Kylin Clock in the Yellow Drawing Room was dismantled and conserved for the first time in decades. — Ben Jureidini, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026 Raised to be a samurai, Kenji never got to fulfill his destiny when the Meiji Restoration in Japan dismantled the samurai class. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 July 2026 In the lead-up to January 3rd, his office had been in contact with Machado’s team, which presented a plan for how democracy could be restored after the regime was dismantled. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 On Monday, local media reported that the police entered the protest site again, dismantled the stage and tents, and evacuated the protesters. — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026 The unilateral withdrawal under former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dismantled those communities and evacuated four additional settlements in the northern West Bank. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 The Argentine captain, who dismantled England in the semifinal with two assists, is seeking a second World Cup title to further cement his legacy. — Mark Hodge, NBC news, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismantled
  1. disassembled
  2. disconnected
  3. detached
  4. dismembered
  5. dismounted
  6. divided
  7. struck
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  • Plus, cumbersome pieces can be difficult to navigate around doorways, corners, and stairwells, and disassembled furniture takes up less space in the moving truck.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2026
  • Once completed in Spain, the new organ was disassembled and its parts were gradually transported to Prague on trucks.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026
Definition of disassembled
Verb
  • This mix of the absurd and sincere reflects a kind of artistic engagement with existential questions that is increasingly resonating with people, many of whom are disconnected from organized religion.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • Trust becomes difficult when AI systems are disconnected from the operational realities they're expected to influence.
    — Dave Link, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of disconnected
Verb
  • With everyone else, she was detached, her behavior unimpeachable.
    — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
  • These include anxiety, emotional distress, resurfacing of painful memories and dissociation – feeling detached from oneself or one’s surroundings.
    — Ronald S. Green, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
Definition of detached
Verb
  • Prosecutors allege Burke dismembered Rivas in the pool to collect the blood.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026
  • Prosecutors allege Burke killed Rivas Hernandez and dismembered her in his garage, citing blood evidence and DNA analysis.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Definition of dismembered
Verb
  • Their father dismounted, went down on foot, climbed the fence his son had crawled under.
    — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
  • Ukrainian drones monitor these areas for resupply movement by small trucks, ground robots, or dismounted troops.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Definition of dismounted
Verb
  • Overall, the picture by market remained sharply divided in June.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
  • Committee term limits have divided congressional Democrats, and attempts to impose them have come up short in previous years.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of divided
Verb
  • The vessels were struck in separate attacks approximately 70 nautical miles (around 80 miles) off the Saudi coast, maritime risk consultancy Marisks said Thursday.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • Sporting struck first in a pair of wins over the Los Angeles Galaxy and did the same in a 3-1 loss to San Jose in April.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Definition of struck

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