DISMEMBERING Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

dismembering

verb

present participle of dismember

as in disrupting

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 dismantling

to take apart dismembered the stage settings after the last performance

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Recent Examples of dismembering The camera zips between narrow streets as Hamza drags those responsible from his truck, en route to shooting, bombing, dismembering and even pressure-cooking other perpetrators, which seems like a righteous line of thought at the outset. —

Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026 Hite is charged with murder, accused of killing and dismembering Wengel. —

Ashley Grams, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026 Ana Walshe’s body was never found, but a slew of suspicious internet searches about dismembering and disposing of bodies was found on an electronic device in the home. —

Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026 Defense disputes the case McGuire’s attorney, Joseph Tacopina, argued that the petite nurse was physically incapable of killing her 6-foot-3-inch, 210-pound husband, let alone dismembering his body. —

Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026 Steven Brown and Amanda Wallace pleaded guilty in September 2024 to their roles in helping to cover up the murders by dismembering the victims and then disposing of the body parts. —

David Matthews, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026 When Brandes did not succumb to blood loss, prosecutors said, Meiwes fatally stabbed him before later dismembering the body and storing portions in a freezer. —

Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025 Last month, Walshe pleaded guilty to dismembering her body and misleading police but maintained his innocence on all of the other charges. —

Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025 Trial watch Brian Walshe was sentenced Thursday to life without parole for killing his wife, dismembering her and discarding her remains in dumpsters in January 2023. —

CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025

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Aid workers at Ladan say the raging war in the Middle East — more than 3,000 kilometers (1,800 miles) away — has made their work harder, disrupting supplies and sending fuel costs soaring.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
In a moment when the market is worried about the technology disrupting a slew of online companies' business models, Young believes Chewy is a safe play.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026