dismemberments

Definition of dismembermentsnext
plural of dismemberment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismemberments
Noun
  • 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
  • According to the city’s ordinances, streets in subdivisions have to be extended for other subdivision development.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco has made a career of rescuing history from the cleavages of memory.
    Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • In 15 games, Canady finished with 39 tackles, two interceptions and six pass breakups.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • There have also been breakups and new flames found among the rest of the returning cast, including Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, and Maude Apatow.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Are these all mathematically proper bifurcations?
    Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Given the schisms, some in the GOP believe only a single party-line bill may end up passing before November.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But over the past decade or so, major schisms have emerged.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Such agreements often include incredibly detailed terms with wildly differing splits and sometimes convoluted formulas.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Working between the pipes for the Kings for the second straight game, goaltender Anton Forsberg made his presence felt midway through the frame, doing the splits to fend off an attempt with his right foot.
    Josh Gross, Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Remarkably, the ruptures are minor and the tissue is adapted to heal quickly.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Enver Hoxha led the country through ephemeral alliances and radical ruptures, leading it to total isolation.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There could be more dissolutions and consolidations in the future.
    Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The drama that sometimes follows their dissolutions speaks to a broader uncertainty in the air about how gay couples should be.
    Paul McAdory, Them., 9 Dec. 2025
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“Dismemberments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismemberments. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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