DISMOUNT Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

dismount

verb

(ˌ)dis-ˈmau̇nt

Definition of dismount

as in to descend

to come down from something (as a vehicle) the coachman dismounted from his seat in order to assist the weary travelers

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as in to dismantle

to take apart dismount a revolver for cleaning

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Recent Examples of dismount Their father dismounted, went down on foot, climbed the fence his son had crawled under. — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026 Suffering from a broken rib and sinus infection, Remco Evenepoel hands his bidon to a child on the roadside and dismounts his bike. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Ukrainian drones monitor these areas for resupply movement by small trucks, ground robots, or dismounted troops. — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 Sometimes the world is spinning too fast to dismount. — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dismount

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As the town and its residents descend into chaos after a massive iceberg emerges from the water, Calvin realizes it might all be connected to his father’s accident.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
The statement said the weapon separated from its booster rocket at the planned altitude, then descended and maneuvered both vertically and horizontally before hitting a test target.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of descend

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Viju Matthew By stripping out shoulder pads and lining, Giorgio Armani quietly dismantled a century of men’s tailoring convention.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Then that confidence is dismantled piece by piece when the body that got him onto the field begins to fail him.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of dismantle

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The third pilot flew it to Saudi Arabia, where the plane landed and the passengers disembarked.

— Anna Burd, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
The final few days of the trip offer passengers the chance to explore Funchal, Madeira, and Portimão, Portugal, along with two sea days before disembarking in Lisbon, Portugal.

— Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of disembark

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The team also demonstrated that the sheet could reconstruct its overall shape even after some fibers were cut or disconnected.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Institutions built solely around the traditional undergraduate experience risk becoming increasingly disconnected from the realities of today’s learners.

— Irma Becerra, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of disconnect

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Woltanski suggests detaching the voucher from the state funding formula entirely.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
In my tests, the speakers initially worked only when attached, even though the projector reported they were still connected after being physically detached.

— M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of detach

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Workers are in the midst of disassembling the old plant, a process that is expected to be completed next year.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Teams devised an unprecedented bit of spaceship surgery to replace the valve without draining the propellant and disassembling the spacecraft, steps that would have triggered a much longer delay.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of disassemble

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The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces overnight struck targets in Ukraine's southern Odesa region on the Black Sea coast with drones.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has largely rebounded, but only at great risk to tankers, 20 of which have been struck in the last month, suggesting recovery could be unsustainable.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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