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
The family was told her body may never be found and police believe she may have been dismembered, according to Prato.
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Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
The body was decomposed and dismembered.
—City News Service, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has said the suspect, born David Anthony Burke, allegedly killed Rivas on April 23, 2025 and later dismembered her, leaving the remains in the car for four months, per a press release.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Though Celeste’s cause of death has been sealed by a judge, prosecutors have said her body had been dismembered and separated into two bags.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
The Houston singer-songwriter was first tied to Rivas’ death in September 2025, when police discovered a trash bag containing a dismembered, decomposing body in a Tesla registered under Burke’s name.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026
These are easily transportable works, but certainly not marketable in broad daylight, and they cannot be dismembered like the jewels in the Louvre.
—Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
At least 33 bodies — including children and dismembered remains stuffed in sacks — were unearthed from a mass grave in western Kenya on Thursday, raising questions about whether the corpses were secretly moved from a hospital morgue.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Bloch was influenced by the arrest of serial murderer Ed Gein, a handyman and sometime babysitter who lived on a farm in Wisconsin and was found to have dismembered the bodies of his victims.
—Therie Hendrey-Seabrook, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Mar. 2026
Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
The body was decomposed and dismembered.
—City News Service, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has said the suspect, born David Anthony Burke, allegedly killed Rivas on April 23, 2025 and later dismembered her, leaving the remains in the car for four months, per a press release.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Though Celeste’s cause of death has been sealed by a judge, prosecutors have said her body had been dismembered and separated into two bags.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
The Houston singer-songwriter was first tied to Rivas’ death in September 2025, when police discovered a trash bag containing a dismembered, decomposing body in a Tesla registered under Burke’s name.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026
These are easily transportable works, but certainly not marketable in broad daylight, and they cannot be dismembered like the jewels in the Louvre.
—Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
At least 33 bodies — including children and dismembered remains stuffed in sacks — were unearthed from a mass grave in western Kenya on Thursday, raising questions about whether the corpses were secretly moved from a hospital morgue.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Bloch was influenced by the arrest of serial murderer Ed Gein, a handyman and sometime babysitter who lived on a farm in Wisconsin and was found to have dismembered the bodies of his victims.
—Therie Hendrey-Seabrook, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismembered
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Now, with missiles intercepted over Gulf capitals and air travel repeatedly disrupted, the long-standing stability of Dubai expat life is being questioned.—
Emma Graham,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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The case stems from the September 2024 fire at the BioLab facility, which sent a large plume of smoke into the air, forced more than 17,000 people to evacuate and about 90,000 others to shelter in place, and disrupted nearby businesses and neighborhoods.—
Jamal Goss,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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South Africa’s system of racial segregation that institutionalized white supremacy was dismantled in 1994.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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In order to make space for a new electron storage ring, one of RHIC’s two rings of superconducting magnets will be dismantled entirely.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Apr. 2026
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Larissa and Charlie’s relationship doesn’t seem all that fractured.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
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Ties between Anthropic — which has only released Mythos to some institutions — and Washington have fractured since the Pentagon declared the AI giant a supply-chain risk after a dispute over how its technology could be used.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Emergency services have disconnected electricity and natural gas in the area for safety.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
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In 1991, the event led to dozens of arrests, a stabbing and a drowning and it was officially disconnected from SSU as a school event.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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Several days after his defeat, five-term prime minister Viktor Orbán broke his silence.—
Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Martinez was the backup catcher for Cypress’ baseball team until Noah Johnson broke his right hand earlier this month and Martinez moved into the starting lineup.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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Slowly, incrementally, Andrew disassembled the coach, until hundreds of little bits of him were scattered from Rockville to Manassas.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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According to a lawsuit filed by the family, a firearm was later found in Wilkins' pocket, but it was disassembled and incapable of being fired.—
Ash-har Quraishi,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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While in the region, Curiosity recently utilized its onboard Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite, built to search for compounds of the element carbon that are associated with life and investigate ways in which these compounds are generated and destroyed in the Martian ecosphere.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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That investigation stemmed from a June 8, 1995, fire that destroyed a ValuJet DC-9 on a runway at Atlanta.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
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The aim was to create space for narratives that challenge the idea of humans as detached from nature, and instead propose a perspective in which humans are a species that is part of complex, fragile ecosystems.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
22 Apr. 2026
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While retail investors appear to still supporting the stock, Wall Street analysts have become skeptical as the shares detached from trading on earnings figures.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Dismembered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismembered. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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