disillusionments

Definition of disillusionmentsnext
plural of disillusionment
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Noun
  • More recently, Tandy Hills experienced issues with ATVs being driven through the park and damaging wildflowers, sparking outrages on social media from people who demanded the city take action.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
  • As has always been the case in my life, my main way of responding to political outrages is through writing and reading.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The onset of hostilities was enough to persuade around a hundred and eighty Democrats to support the measure.
    Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Russia and Ukraine accused each other of repeatedly violating the pause in hostilities.
    Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • None could tame its political furies; its covert operations, which killed more than a thousand Americans in Lebanon, Iraq, and Afghanistan; or its expansion, through the creation of like-minded extremist movements, across the Middle East.
    Robin Wright, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Just as players once had to fight the three furies in later runs of Hades, the Oceanus boss fight requires Melinoë to fight a trio of sirens — each with their own move set, weapons, and health — in order to move forward.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Gross grew up in a typical middle-class Jewish household in Long Island, but her father often flew into violent rages which her mother enabled.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • This is all in the first three paragraphs, and the breakdowns—a capacious category that, for Lemann, seems to encompass everything from rages to amiable fugues—do not let up.
    Brandy Jensen, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Disillusionments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disillusionments. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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