dismantlement

noun

Definition of dismantlementnext
as in eradication

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Recent Examples of dismantlement The facility is in the midst of an eight-year dismantlement project. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Under such an approach, negotiations would focus first on halting the production and advancement of nuclear weapons, rather than demanding the dismantlement of North Korea's existing arsenal at the outset. — Se Eun Gong, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026 According to the company, more than half of the nuclear plant’s dismantlement has already been completed. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026 The framework — contra the MOU — requires the dismantlement of Hezbollah’s military infrastructure. — Ron Kampeas, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026 Its dismantlement, Drazin believed, would allow Monmouth to offer a Vegas-like experience in New Jersey. — Rebecca Egan McCarthy, New Yorker, 21 July 2026 The move marked the beginning of the dismantlement of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), cutting vital health and humanitarian funding worldwide — including in Africa, one of the largest recipients of US assistance. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 8 June 2026 Ruthless business practices in its early days made Standard Oil the target of a famous antitrust campaign that would eventually lead to its dismantlement. — Alex Kuffner, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Continue reading … POLITICS ATOMIC STANDOFF — Iran signals nuclear progress in Geneva as Trump calls for full dismantlement. — FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismantlement
  1. eradication
  2. execution
  3. effacement
  4. slaughter
  5. disintegration
  6. massacre
  7. assassination
  8. collapse
Noun
  • The rollback of paraquat is the first significant pesticide eradication effort in California since around 2019.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Amid a decades-long eradication effort, the fly’s populations were wiped out from the US, Mexico, and Central America.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of eradication
Noun
  • Arcade wants the request path at execution time, which is the only position from which a security team can answer which agent did what, against which system, on whose behalf.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The execution was ultimately called off and Carruthers was given a one-year reprieve.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of execution
Noun
  • There are times in The Years when the betrayal and effacement of May compels Ernaux to say something similar.
    — Tobi Haslett, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Only in retrospect does the insincere self-effacement by some of the most powerful men of their era take on the infantile quality of potty humor.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
Definition of effacement
Noun
  • Or an announcement that wildlife officials are planning a statewide slaughter of black bears.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Reynolds also described unsanitary conditions due to the slaughter area being outdoors with dirt and gravel.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of slaughter
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  • Marvel’s most ambitious crossover event and most ambitious disintegration of said crossover event, Infinity War delivers in both devastating and groundbreaking fashion.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • His employer, the Seattle Mariners, was dealing with financial uncertainty following the disintegration of their regional sports network.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of disintegration
Noun
  • But dark jokes about a nearly half-century-old massacre have a way of obscuring its continuing relevance.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But the news conference also revealed that Tuesday's massacre was not law enforcement's first encounter with Williams.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of massacre
Noun
  • Among the complaints, this time, was Bruce’s take on Jackie Kennedy’s behavior in the moments after her husband’s assassination.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Tusk said at the time that the killing of Robert Kuzovkov, known by the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, had the hallmarks of a political assassination.
    — Claudia Ciobanu, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of assassination
Noun
  • Charted out, the twin collapses of the income and inheritance taxes look like a roller coaster careening downhill, picking up speed toward and through the twenty-first century.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Cameron Brink injured in Sparks’ loss Sabrina Ionescu scored 20 points and the New York Liberty avoided one of the biggest collapses in WNBA history, holding off the Sparks 85-81 on Thursday night.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of collapse

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