1
as in disrupted
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 dismantled
to take apart
dismembered the stage settings after the last performance
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Recent Examples of dismembered
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
Prosecutors said Brian Walshe premeditatedly murdered and dismembered his wife, then disposed of her remains in dumpsters.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2025
Tis the season to be dismembered.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2025
Prosecutors allege that Walshe killed his wife then dismembered her body.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Magnussen stars as recently widowed and recovering alcoholic Sheriff Red, who launches an investigation as locals begin turning up murdered and dismembered one by one, discovering that the monster feeds on the blood alcohol content of its victims.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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
Prosecutors said Brian Walshe premeditatedly murdered and dismembered his wife, then disposed of her remains in dumpsters.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2025
Tis the season to be dismembered.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2025
Prosecutors allege that Walshe killed his wife then dismembered her body.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Magnussen stars as recently widowed and recovering alcoholic Sheriff Red, who launches an investigation as locals begin turning up murdered and dismembered one by one, discovering that the monster feeds on the blood alcohol content of its victims.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismembered
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Sources familiar with the organization's workings acknowledged to CBS News Texas that its operations were disrupted when schools shut down for COVID-19.—
Andrea Lucia,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Context matters, legal analyst says The protesters who disrupted Sunday services at the Minneapolis church might have violated the two federal laws, CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said Tuesday, but context matters.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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If the regime’s coercive structures were truly dismantled, Venezuela’s diaspora could play a transformative role in rebuilding their country.—
Richard Kiy,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Until those power structures are dismantled and Rodríguez's control is meaningfully reduced, Delgado said, Venezuelans will continue to live in fear and will not feel safe.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Marion stayed and started the new era with a spectacular TD catch at Utah State, but fractured his collarbone on the play.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
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Reale, in recent weeks, has been landlocked, hitting his head on a sandbar in Australia, a wipeout that fractured several vertebrae.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
13 Jan. 2026
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Especially at this time, when we’re disconnected from each other.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
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As Werenski noted after the game, they get disconnected in games like these.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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When Muñoz-Guatemala didn’t lower his car window, Ross broke a back window to try to open the door.—
Mark Morales,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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The location’s hot water broke shortly before the inspector arrived, and a plumber was already present during the inspection, the owner told the Star-Telegram.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Jan. 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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The severe inflation in the late 1940s that destroyed China’s anti-Communist middle class in urban areas helped enable Mao’s Communists to triumph in that country’s civil war.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Their body oils are going to be destroyed!—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Attorney Involvement From Initial Review Through Final Resolution Under call-center models, non-attorney staff often prepare filings using templates, while attorneys remain largely detached from the substantive work.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
USA Today,
19 Jan. 2026
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The Physiological Reality of Leadership One of the most persistent myths in leadership development, according to Craze, is the idea that thinking happens in some abstract cognitive space, detached from the body.—
Karl Moore,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Dismembered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismembered. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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