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 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, 20 Aug. 2026 Waqf— an irrevocable endowment under Islamic law — can endow health, education, and other public goods over generations; they can’t be dismantled unlike government aid budgets. — Alaa Murabit, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026 Gonzalez Llort was one of the members of a Cuban spy ring dismantled in the late 1990s in South Florida. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Proposition 50, the redistricting measure voters approved last year, reshaped the 6th Congressional District and dismantled much of the 3rd District, which Kiley currently represents. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Soldiers have repeatedly dismantled their tents and shades in the area only to have the settlers return to area on the outskirts of a village 10 miles from the Palestinian city of Nablus. — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 After the July 26 incident, officials dismantled a nearby beaver lodge and established daily surveillance at the lake for other beavers. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026 Israeli soldiers and border police arrived at the hilltop on Wednesday, dismantled the settlers’ tent and began trying to remove the settlers from the area. — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 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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  • Backed in part by a US$266-million US Space Force contract, the idea is to redesign launch systems so they can be disassembled and packed into standard shipping containers.
    — David Szondy August 15, New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2026
  • While searching the house, agents found a bag containing three homemade guns, two with the devices installed and one that was disassembled, along with an uninstalled conversion device, the complaint states.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of disassembled
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  • There’s a version of this character that’s just the fool, and you’re disconnected from him, but Matthew takes you on a journey with this character.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • If a company’s systems are disconnected, AI may not deliver its full value.
    — John F. McQuillan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of disconnected
Verb
  • Then, eventually, the outer layers of that red giant detached and expanded into space to form the Helix Nebula.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Really, what writer, no matter how detached from their past, could resist that kind of sweet talk?
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of detached
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  • Two of Hernandez’s fingers, including one with Burke’s name tattooed on it, had been dismembered, when she was found, according to prosecutors.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The children are dismembered and penetrated, flayed alive, disemboweled, and their intestines set alight.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of dismembered
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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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  • Men’s domestic cricket in Pakistan, aside from a brief spell from 2019 to 2023 while former Test captain Imran Khan was the country’s prime minister and instigated change, is divided between teams from regions and departments.
    — Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Customer data, inventory visibility, budgets, and decision rights should not remain divided by channel.
    — Ayşe Çetinel, Harvard Business Review, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of divided
Verb
  • Traffic stopped along Highway 19 after a motorist struck members of the Milligan University cycling team Wednesday.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The suspect then struck an 18-wheeler, causing the suspect to lose control of their vehicle.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of struck

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