1
as in to disrupt
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
quickly dismembered the old toolshed and hauled it off to the dump
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2
as in to dismantle
to take apart
dismembered the stage settings after the last performance
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Recent Examples of dismember
Once considered the jewel in the crown of the civil rights movement, the Voting Rights Act has been largely dismembered since 2013 by the increasingly conservative Supreme Court.
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Nina Totenberg, NPR, 15 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
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Nina Totenberg, NPR, 15 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismember
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The shutdown has disrupted federal operations, delayed pay for hundreds of thousands of workers, and put critical programs at risk.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly endorsed the deal and called the immediate vote to begin the process of approving it as the shutdown continued to disrupt flights nationwide, threaten food assistance for millions of Americans and leave federal workers without pay.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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In 1991, the government dismantled the protectionist economic policies of its socialist past, cracking open the nation to the world.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Yet, that’s all threatened by the Proposition 50 maps, which completely dismantle his current district, parceling many of the most Republican-leaning areas into surrounding Democratic majority seats.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
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Prabowo has always denied the allegations that led to his dismissal from the military in 1998, the same year Indonesia broke free from Suharto’s authoritarian rule.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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The film, which was produced by Sony, has reportedly become the most popular Netflix film ever, and continues to break streaming records, even for its original soundtrack.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
11 Nov. 2025
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The frigid surge, detached from the polar vortex, has prompted winter weather alerts for over 84 million people, with cities from Dallas to New York bracing for icy conditions.—
Sirena Bergman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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Personalized amenities—game rooms, theaters, gyms, and, in at least a handful of cases, stripper poles—enabled them to detach from the public altogether.—
Kim Hew-Low,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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So, automation can be used to destroy labor or workers’ power, but it can also be used in the opposite direction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Homes, businesses and synagogues were destroyed.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Airlines are trying to minimize impacts on travelers, but Harteveldt compared the challenge to disassembling Humpty Dumpty without smashing him into 1,000 pieces.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The 707 was disassembled and towed to the library site.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
1 Nov. 2025
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If time allows, disconnect utilities and appliances.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Nov. 2025
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If time permits, disconnect utilities and appliances.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Dismember.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismember. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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