DISMEMBERMENTS Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

dismemberments

noun

plural of dismemberment

as in decompositions

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Noun

But the roadway is already the primary street for several subdivisions, including the Brookstone Apartments, which has over 220 units, and the Mallard Grove housing subdivision, which has 114 homes.

— DIAMOND VENCES, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
The highway department will strategically apply salt to intersections, hills, bridges and curbs in subdivisions, but aim for conserving on other stretches of subdivision roads.

— Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026

Definition of subdivisions

Noun

As Trump slides toward lame-duck status, cleavages within the group and between it and traditional progressives are becoming more salient.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026
Intelligence agencies in the United States and other Western countries closely follow these cleavages, of course, and can sometimes recruit the disaffected or the ambitious to provide insider information.

— Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

Definition of cleavages

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Women are more likely than men to report severe depression and hopelessness following breakups, but men are three to four times more likely to commit suicide.

— George Loewenstein, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026
In 15 games, Ponds recorded 61 tackles, 11 pass breakups and two interceptions.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of breakups

Noun

But schisms and heel digging are probably inevitable in such uncertain fields, Catling says.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
This turns into a big argument about Issa being a weird little guy, and suddenly there are multiple potential roommate schisms in the house.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of schisms

Noun

After an on and off relationship marked by multiple splits and reconciliations, the pair eventually filed for divorce.

— Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 27 Sep. 2026
The power changeup that has been percolating through baseball ever since Félix Hernández and Zack Greinke dominated with the pitch seems to have reverse-platoon splits, according to the model.

— Eno Sarris, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of splits

Noun

When a brain aneurysm ruptures, approximately 30% to 50% of patients die, according to Dabus.

— Lauren Pastrana, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026
The final match of the South African leg was staged in Soweto, where the 1976 student uprising became one of the defining ruptures in the country’s apartheid history.

— Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruptures

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