dismemberment

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Recent Examples of dismemberment Another criminalist, Lisa LaHendro, testified that fragments of blue material recovered from Rivas’ remains were consistent with damage found on an inflatable pool in Burke’s garage, where prosecutors allege the dismemberment occurred. Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 Some of the items, prosecutors allege, were used during the dismemberment of the victim. Jason Kravarik, CNN Money, 25 July 2026 Singer D4vd was back in court Tuesday for a multiday hearing to decide whether there is enough evidence to put him on trial in the killing and dismemberment of a 14-year-old girl who authorities said had threatened to expose their relationship. Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 22 July 2026 The memory politics of Trianon The dismemberment of Greater Hungary at the end of World War I via the Treaty of Trianon remains the most traumatic blow to the modern Hungarian psyche. Brett R. Chloupek, The Conversation, 15 July 2026 Instead, the only sign of Social Security in many of these campaigns has been the stale Democratic accusations that Republican candidates are planning a stealth dismemberment of the system. Jessica Riedl, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026 Allows the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue lifetime disabled parking permits, removing the current four-year renewal requirement, to people with a permanent dismemberment or an amputation (HB 961). Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026 Hundreds of true-crime pamphlets circulated, adorned with woodcuts depicting horrific acts of dismemberment, torture, and witchcraft. Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 June 2026 Four members of the MS-13 street gang were convicted this week in three grisly murders, including a dismemberment, carried out in the Angeles National Forest in 2017. Sydney Barragan, Daily News, 6 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismemberment
Noun
  • Authorities announced on Thursday that two unidentified bodies, both in a state of decomposition, have been found buried in the yard.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The bodies were found buried in the backyard and were in a state of decomposition, police said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The company contends that its plan would create a lot less new traffic than a typical subdivision, and would be better environmentally.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Bass in June 2024 saw the patricide plan to it to its end, reducing his father, Gene Bass, to a crumple outside a neighbor’s house in the orderly subdivision where Xavier grew up near North Crowley High School.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In 1991, amidst the Balkan region’s dissolution and prompted by the unfolding events, 6-year-old Maja and her parents make the decision to journey from Yugoslavia to Denmark.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Fragmentation in the form of armed conflicts, tariff disputes and the dissolution of trade blocs is at an all-time high.
    Yasushi Sasaki, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • Dominique is in the ensemble as is a blond rube named Hunter (Kristine Froseth) who shows up at Elle’s doorstep in mall-wear denim and then upgrades to desperate, cleavage-baring sequins.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • The sheer style featured silver and multicolored sequins, while the cut showed plenty of cleavage.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • The breakup followed reports of turmoil between the two, many of them detailing how the couple was trying to work through things and do right by their 7-month-old daughter.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • That stopped Saturday, starting with the two interceptions, a pair of fumbles, one pass breakup and a few would-be sacks.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, generic email campaigns are being replaced by dynamic email content and SMS segmentation, which offer retailers and brands significantly higher ROI than cold ad campaigns.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
  • At the periphery, there exists segmentation and micro-networking.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • Cars, trucks, and big rigs sit in various states of disassembly as engineers test and validate software designed to turn otherwise ordinary machines into rolling robots.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
  • These vacuums are designed to not require special tools for disassembly other than a Phillips-head screwdriver.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • The divide between critics score and audience score is a strangely wide split.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • What's the difference between policy disagreements and a true political split?
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Dismemberment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismemberment. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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