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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as in to dismantle
to take apart
dismembered the stage settings after the last performance
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Recent Examples of dismember
As the amputee bled out, he was filmed expressing his continual and clear agreement to being killed and dismembered.
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S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
She was dismembered, de-fleshed, and even beheaded before being burned.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
The Illinois Appellate Court ruled last week that the Chicago Transit Authority still must pay a nearly $3 million verdict to a woman who was hit by a bus — and who was later convicted of brutally murdering and dismembering her landlord in a separate case.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
In a series of sanguinary close-ups, Elvira takes a cleaver to her digits, first slicing them and then fully dismembering them.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025
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S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
She was dismembered, de-fleshed, and even beheaded before being burned.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
The Illinois Appellate Court ruled last week that the Chicago Transit Authority still must pay a nearly $3 million verdict to a woman who was hit by a bus — and who was later convicted of brutally murdering and dismembering her landlord in a separate case.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
In a series of sanguinary close-ups, Elvira takes a cleaver to her digits, first slicing them and then fully dismembering them.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismember
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Both sides say the strike will disrupt hospital operations.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The United States on June 25 launched a new satellite expected to significantly improve forecasts of solar flares and coronal mass ejections — huge plasma bubbles that can crash into Earth, disrupting power grids and communications.—
Sasirekha Subramanian,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Seahawks dismantled their division rival, the San Francisco 49ers, in Week 18 to clinch the top seed and then did so again two weeks later in the divisional round.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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The crowds had thinned, a table for lunch at the No Name Saloon was easy to acquire, and the dulcet tones of power tools filled the air as the Chase Sapphire Lounge was dismantled.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Feb. 2026
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Why the operating assumptions remain fixed even when leaders recognize they're broken.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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In a letter to the court, one woman said surgeons installed a metal plate in her arm, which was broken by a bullet.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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In the new study, Fernando and his colleagues used data from such seismic sensors to reconstruct the path of an orbital module that detached from China's Shenzhou 17 crew capsule and fell to Earth in April 2024.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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As her symptoms eased, Klingensmith felt detached from her sense of self, of purpose.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
23 Jan. 2026
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More than 12,000 scrolls were once stored inside this second-century center of learning before a fire destroyed them in 262 CE.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Feeling bored, resentful and trapped by domestic life, Hedda hatches a plan to destroy her husband’s potential career rival, Eilert Lovberg, who happens to be her ex-lover.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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This sustainable approach does require being able to take the building apart by all of its component materials with all of them being mechanically fastened so the building can be disassembled the same way it was constructed.—
Jennifer Castenson,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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The school district said the boxes have since been removed from classrooms and disassembled, according to her attorney.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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Investigators have said that Nancy Guthrie's video doorbell and pacemaker app were both disconnected overnight.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel attempted to reach out to the owners for more information on the closure, however the business' website was no longer operational, the phone number was disconnected and the email listed on its Facebook page bounced back.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Dismember.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismember. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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