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
After the execution, his body was first thrown into a shallow grave, but later dug up, dismembered, and his remains were dissolved in acid.
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Emile Nuh,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Sayegh and other Arab nationalists believed that Zionism dismembered Arab unity and violated the universal norms of the post–World War II international order.
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Adam Louis-Klein,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
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.
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Arkansas Online,
7 June 2026
Later, his killers dismembered him, carving out his heart and throwing his body parts into a canyon.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
Emile Nuh,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Sayegh and other Arab nationalists believed that Zionism dismembered Arab unity and violated the universal norms of the post–World War II international order.
—
Adam Louis-Klein,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismembered
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The dangerous temperatures have already disrupted several events scheduled for Friday.
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The overlap of two warming patterns — one regional and one climate-scale — could compound stress on marine food webs that have already been repeatedly disrupted over the past decade.
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Some agencies are in the process of being dismantled; others were shut down altogether.
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Bell echoed that message throughout his public appearances, repeatedly noting that Alabama had dismantled its DEI office after state lawmakers prohibited such programs and pledged to continue Florida’s higher education reforms if confirmed.
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However, proximity matters little if an enterprise is fractured internally by the adversarial divide between Business and IT.
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What began with a total hip replacement turned into an even longer recovery after Gifford fractured her hip and required another surgery.
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So even if disconnected from headquarters, a brigade can still use the system.
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Carbon offsets, by contrast, can be difficult to verify and are often disconnected from local conditions.
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Their character's absence was alluded to in Fuller House's first episode, when the characters broke the fourth wall by knowingly looking in to the camera.
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Four years ago, Morocco broke the continental ceiling by reaching the semifinals of the Qatar World Cup, the first African nation to get that far.
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Once completed in Spain, the new organ was disassembled and its parts were gradually transported to Prague on trucks.
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But by the time Villanova went to Broad Street to play Temple in 2017, the Wildcats had entirely disassembled the Big 5, turning it into their own personal playground.
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These structures were regionally and culturally inspired, and largely destroyed during rapid and callous colonization.
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The Aspen Acres fire has likely destroyed more than 200 homes, but the fire conditions have stopped damage assessment teams from accessing some areas to get a clearer picture, Pueblo County officials said.
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As this behavior becomes mainstream, large portions of the web are turning into ghost inventory, active in analytics dashboards but detached from real commercial impact.
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The part most easily detached from the song can still become an entry point to the rest of it.
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“Dismembered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismembered. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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