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TAKE THE QUIZSynonyms of dismembering
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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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“Dismembering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismembering. Accessed 23 Mar. 2023.
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