DISMANTLEMENT Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

dismantlement

noun

Definition of dismantlement

as in eradication

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Recent Examples of dismantlement 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 The plant, located in the Town of Carlton, closed in 2013 and began major dismantlement in 2022. — Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 29 Jan. 2026 Edison notifies the public 48 hours before batch releases, which will continue through the plant’s dismantlement (slated to wrap up in 2028-ish). — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026 Another 13 canisters are filled with material classified as greater than Class C waste, collected during the dismantlement efforts at SONGS. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025

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Noun

The state agency prohibits keeping the South American species without a special permit for educational, research or eradication purposes, with limited exceptions for pet owners.

— Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
This might disturb the moths, which dislike light and movement, and help begin eradication measures.

— Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2026

Definition of eradication

Noun

The hearings often result in displays of key evidence, including crime scene photos and items recovered after the execution of search warrants.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Adobe was cut to sell from hold, citing execution risk from leadership and business model transitions.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 July 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

When poultry get infected, there is a near-zero chance of survival, so governments across the world have embarked on mass slaughter campaigns in infected farms to slow the spread.

— Todd Symons, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Bison slaughter was a form of biocide in service of genocide, although neither ultimately achieved its aims.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 20 July 2026

Definition of slaughter

Noun

This suggests that tissue disintegration may be a species-specific structural response to high-energy impacts.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
These now were Catalonian sandals, once tan, their heels worn in and worn down, their soles in the process of disintegration.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026

Definition of disintegration

Noun

Investigators found a shrine in Colt Gray's bedroom to Nikolas Cruz, the shooter in the 2018 massacre at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, prosecutors said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
The arrival of these trains and news of communal massacres in places such as Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Bihar erode the village’s sense of security, despite the inhabitants having lived in harmony for years prior.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Definition of massacre

Noun

This was the rescheduled dinner after April’s event was stopped by an apparent assassination attempt on the president, as a gunman breached security and the sounds of gunfire sent the thousands of attendees at the Washington Hilton to the floor.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 July 2026
The annual event ended abruptly in April when a gunman rushed security in an assassination attempt against the president.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 July 2026

Definition of assassination

Noun

Arrighetti exited the mound at Rate Field after a brief conversation, continuing the right-hander’s confounding, two-month collapse while thrusting Houston’s rotation into a further state of flux.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Hence, the dissolution of Andriy and Bobby, the Ukrainian and Russian duo who already glommed on to each other in the first two episodes of this season of Project Runway and in this episode collapse fully and phenomenally.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2026

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