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
Many of singer D4vd’s friends in the Los Angeles music scene had come to believe that Celeste Rivas Hernandez was his 19-year-old girlfriend, long before the 15-year-old’s body was found dismembered in the trunk of his Tesla, which had been abandoned in the Hollywood hills a month earlier.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Law enforcement found Starren’s body dismembered and hidden in a Woodbury storage unit.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Tylee's remains were dismembered and so badly burned that her cause of death couldn't be determined, according to Business Insider.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
By his own admission, they were completely dismembered by the explosion.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The trailer showcases tons of undead violence, dismembered limbs and the official Marvel debut of Blade Knight, a Moon Knight and Blade variant who slices up an undead Ghost from the Thunderbolts in a flashy display of swordsmanship.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Pike's remains were found dismembered, and the medical examiner ruled there was blunt head trauma, but no criminal charges have been filed.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
According to psychiatrist interviews conducted with his younger sister, Allyn, Kemper cut the hands off of her doll, beheaded and dismembered the family cat, and fantasized about executions and gas chambers.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
This month a Nuremberg Zoo in Germany killed 12 baboons due to overcrowding and dismembered six of them before feeding them to predators.
—Miriam Porter, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Martha Ross, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Law enforcement found Starren’s body dismembered and hidden in a Woodbury storage unit.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Tylee's remains were dismembered and so badly burned that her cause of death couldn't be determined, according to Business Insider.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
By his own admission, they were completely dismembered by the explosion.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The trailer showcases tons of undead violence, dismembered limbs and the official Marvel debut of Blade Knight, a Moon Knight and Blade variant who slices up an undead Ghost from the Thunderbolts in a flashy display of swordsmanship.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Pike's remains were found dismembered, and the medical examiner ruled there was blunt head trauma, but no criminal charges have been filed.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
According to psychiatrist interviews conducted with his younger sister, Allyn, Kemper cut the hands off of her doll, beheaded and dismembered the family cat, and fantasized about executions and gas chambers.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
This month a Nuremberg Zoo in Germany killed 12 baboons due to overcrowding and dismembered six of them before feeding them to predators.
—Miriam Porter, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismembered
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As Congress inches closer to a possible government shutdown, many federal services North Carolinians depend on might be disrupted.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
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The evacuation disrupted regular campus activities and prompted swift coordination between school administrators and law enforcement.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Stanislav Secrieru, the national security chief, said this week that police had dismantled a network linked to Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, which had trained over 100 Moldovans in Serbia to use violent tactics against police.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Next up for Pittsburgh will be a tough Week 4 matchup against the Minnesota Vikings, who dismantled the Cincinnati Bengals this week.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Colton Mims, the Michigan high school football player who was the victim of a body slam that fractured his spine, visited with his teammates before their game on Friday.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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There is even more incentive to bring him back after Ozzie Albies fractured his left hamate bone.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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We got disconnected, and this whole resurgence of The Clique online has reconnected us in this really cool, organic and magical way.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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You are disconnected from reality.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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On this season premiere episode of Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Johnson gets candid about his journey into the role, the emotional toll of going to dark places, the physical transformation that nearly broke him and his evolving sense of fatherhood and purpose.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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The team also recently broke ground on a new training facility on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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In an unprecedented undertaking, Falvey and general manager Jeremy Zoll disassembled the roster over four days, trading 10 major-leaguers via eight deals.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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For each job, the sections of pipe must be trucked or towed to the job site, assembled, then disassembled and removed.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Sep. 2025
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In 2014, the American team disintegrated under Tom Watson’s leadership at Gleneagles in Scotland.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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In Washington and around the Arizona Capitol, the dialogue has sometimes disintegrated into ugly finger-pointing.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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Alsek Glacier continued to shrink, and by August 2025, Prow Knob, as a 5-square-kilometer landmass, could be seen completely detached from the glacier.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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And yet, when market performance feels detached from everyday realities, trust starts to erode.—
Frank Sorrentino,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Dismembered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismembered. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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