dismemberments

noun

plural of dismemberment
as in decompositions

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismemberments
  1. subdivisions
  2. cleavages
  3. breakups
  4. bifurcations
  5. schisms
  6. segmentations
  7. splits
  8. ruptures
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
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  • 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
Definition of cleavages
Noun
  • The 6-foot, 227-pound Robinson (50 tackles, three pass breakups, four hurries) is active, dependable and rarely out of position.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
  • However, Marshall, who contributed 23 tackles, one interception and four pass breakups last season, would have to become a starter or rotational player for that to happen.
    — Omar Kelly July 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Definition of breakups
Noun
  • Are these all mathematically proper bifurcations?
    — Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of bifurcations
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  • As the country heads toward a national election, the leader once celebrated as a healer is now viewed by critics as the main driver of these schisms.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of schisms
Noun
  • Many of these companies offer women-only trips, while Backroads specializes in demographic segmentations, with offerings just for families with young kids, with teenagers, for adults only, women-only and by numerous age groups.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of segmentations
Noun
  • How do Kenzie’s mom and dad feel about her emotive splits-ing, for instance?
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 July 2026
  • Amanda Anisimova, alongside many others like Aryna Sabalenka, wore classic NikeCourt dresses with side splits.
    — Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of splits
Noun
  • Aortic dissections occur when the inner layer of tissue in the aorta, which carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body, ruptures.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 13 July 2026
  • Love, though, comes with spats and fits of temper, ruptures and reconciliations.
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
Definition of ruptures
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