DISMANTLEMENTS Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

dismantlements

noun

plural of dismantlement

as in effacements

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Noun

California’s next governor will determine whether to keep or toss Gavin Newsom’s halt on executions.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
And the American Civil Liberties Union discovered that the Federal Bureau of Prisons had spent millions on staffing needed to carry out executions.

— Max Blau, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of executions

Noun

The wars, weddings, births, massacres, famines, our triumphs, our defeats, our past.

— Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
So please do not celebrate Palestinian steadfastness as though we were placed on this earth to provide inspiring images of survival between massacres.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of massacres

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The Johnson County District Court sentenced Robinson to death for the killings of two women and to life in prison in Kansas for the killing of a third.

— Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
Myung Jin Kim, 31, was wanted in connection with two killings, including a botched murder-for-hire plot in San Jose in 2016 and the killing of Kim’s friend in the parking lot of a CVS in Westminster two years later.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026

Definition of killings

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By the eighth century, Charlemagne was organizing mass slaughters of the animal while the Church, wary of its earlier status as living god, denounced the bear as lewd, noting its disturbing resemblance to humans.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Hands-down one of the most disgusting movies ever made (a compliment), the film finds the indefatigable slasher, who was decapitated at the end of Terrifier 2, reattaching his head and commencing his ritual slaughters.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025

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