1
as in descended
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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2
as in dismantled
to take apart
dismount a revolver for cleaning
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Recent Examples of dismounted
Stopping, the man dismounted and shot that big bear square in the chest.
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Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
This enables wide distribution across the front lines, especially in areas where soldiers are primarily dismounted.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
This enables wide distribution across the front lines, especially in areas where soldiers are primarily dismounted.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismounted
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Armed soldiers descended on the parliament by helicopter and attempted to storm the chamber where lawmakers were gathered.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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In a predawn raid in Jackson Heights, scores of militarized agents from the Department of Homeland Security descended with assault weapons on a residential building, removing a man and woman from their apartment.—
Jordan Salama,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
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Some of the coalition’s members live in RVs that could be seized and dismantled if the city is permitted to implement the law, the group said in its complaint.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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More than four-fifths of the nuclear weapons that used to exist in the world have been dismantled.—
Matthew Bunn,
The Conversation,
19 Feb. 2026
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Victor Rillet, a 21-year-old Frenchman, disembarked the steamship Washington in New York in October 1864, carrying the kind of optimism that fuels both great innovation and spectacular disappointment.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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That was where miners disembarked for the northern mines in the Sierra Nevada mountains.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Her pacemaker disconnected from her phone less than an hour later.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
21 Feb. 2026
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Even the cafeteria is a little bit louder — alive with conversations between students disconnected from their screens.—
Sequoia Carrillo,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2026
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Drowsy honeymooners; now and again a group of Tahitian wildlife experts, alighted on the atoll to examine a particularly impressive giant clam.—
Antonia Quirke,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Super Beetle, called the 1301, alighted in 1971 with a 60 hp, 1,585 cc engine.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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These models systematically produce successful speech acts detached from obligation.—
Deb Roy,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2026
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Some of what is currently circulating takes remarks from press conferences detached not only out of context of the full conversations but also from the lifetime of work and values these artists represent.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2026
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The brand said the shoe can be disassembled at the end of its life, with the knit, cords, footbed and sole separating cleanly to support circular end-of-life pathways.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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All components can be easily disassembled without damage, allowing them to be reused and rearranged as many times as needed.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
9 Feb. 2026
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Last summer, Russia stood by powerlessly as US and Israeli war planes struck Iran, another key Russian Kremlin partner in the Middle East, targeting its nuclear facilities.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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The avalanche struck a group of 15 backcountry skiers − 11 paying guests and four guides − who were on the last day of a three-day adventure that cost over $1,100 per person.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Dismounted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismounted. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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