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Recent Examples of dismember Most historians believe Gunness would first poison her suitors, then finish them with an ax or by bludgeoning — afterward dismembering the corpses and burying what remained. Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025 He was arrested in November 1957 in connection to Bernice Worden’s murder, and officials discovered her body dismembered in his property. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025 Many of singer D4vd’s friends in the Los Angeles music scene had come to believe that Celeste Rivas Hernandez was his 19-year-old girlfriend, long before the 15-year-old’s body was found dismembered in the trunk of his Tesla, which had been abandoned in the Hollywood hills a month earlier. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025 Law enforcement found Starren’s body dismembered and hidden in a Woodbury storage unit. Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dismember
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismember
Verb
  • The real passengers on the ship were not particularly delighted to have large camera cables and lights and people disrupting their vacations.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Corn can provide carbohydrates, which can be vital to deer during the winter for a burst of energy, Edge said, but an increase in carbs can disrupt the animal's gut chemistry and affect digestion, much like giving children a lot of candy bars.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Oct. 2025
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  • The question now turns to whether the US, UK and their allies can use the leverage from their joint operation effectively to dismantle the highly lucrative industry.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In a new joint venture redeveloping the marina, Everett Landco announced plans to take down storage tanks and dismantle offices at the location this month, per NBC News.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • The science author Stuart Clark notes that the concept was nonsensical to contemporary scientists, who assumed that magnetism could not break free from a magnet and that the Sun’s energy radiated equally across its surface.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • At the time of his arrest, Scott had an open warrant for skipping court in a 2022 burglary case, in which he was accused of breaking into his mother’s apartment building with two other men and stealing items including a ladder.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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  • After the slide was deployed, passengers were temporarily stuck onboard until engineers were able to manually detach the chute, which took around an hour, according to the New York Post.
    Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • After the vehicle is fully charged, the system automatically detaches the robotic arm.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Japanese battleship Musashi, one of the largest ever built, was destroyed.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Russian air defense systems destroyed one drone heading for Moscow, the city’s mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Sunday, according to Reuters.
    Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When the Exposition closed that November, however, it was unceremoniously disassembled, never to be seen again.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Each of its thousands of parts are disassembled, cleaned, inspected, and then repaired or replaced as needed.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Failing to install the device, or disconnecting or tampering with it, could result in a $600 fine or six months in jail.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Dismember.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismember. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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