DISMEMBERED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

dismembered

verb

past tense of dismember

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 Angel Guzman, 31, of Los Angeles, was among the four members of the gang MS-13 convicted of murdering three people, one of whom was kidnapped, strangled, attacked with machetes and dismembered, in the Angeles National Forest, federal authorities said. —

Arkansas Online, 7 June 2026 Later, his killers dismembered him, carving out his heart and throwing his body parts into a canyon. —

Sydney Barragan, Daily News, 6 June 2026 The killing of 14-year-old Agostina Vega, found dismembered after a week missing, has reignited national fury ahead Ni Una Menos protests, echoing the 2015 teen murder that birthed Argentina’s movement. —

Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 He had been dismembered with his genitals and eight of his toes cut off, with seven near his body. —

Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026 His body will be taken to a forensics lab next week to determine when he was killed and how his body was dismembered, Pope said. —

Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 28 May 2026 The parents of Celeste Rivas Hernandez were cleared of allegations of child neglect and abuse in the months before authorities say the teenager was murdered and dismembered by singer D4vd, who now faces a possible death sentence for the slaying. —

Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026 The medical examiner’s office said she had been stabbed, then dismembered. —

Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2026

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Major ash-producing eruptions have repeatedly disrupted life across the region and can affect areas far beyond the immediate danger zone.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026
The department said current emergency notification systems rely on cellular devices, radio signals, electrical connectivity and power, all of which can be disrupted by heavy smoke, power outages or damage to communication infrastructure during an emergency.

— Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026