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
  • Most of the time, breakups are supposed to be clean-cut endings—no second thoughts, no leftover feelings, and generally, no contact.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Students have described turning to AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Snapchat's My AI, and Grok during breakups, grief, or emotional overwhelm.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Are these all mathematically proper bifurcations?
    Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The band’s success was stymied by internal schisms, as Negron’s addiction to drugs eventually landed him on Skid Row for a time.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Yet even within conservative or liberal groups, there are signs that each one would eventually emerge with the same types of schisms that exist today.
    Sheldon Jacobson, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Zhang Dan landed hard, falling into an awkward splits.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 7 Feb. 2026
  • However, the Royals love his offensive splits against lefties throughout his career.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • For any other animal, allowing body temperature to drop below freezing should result in the formation of ice crystals, which can cause dangerous ruptures to cells.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Is Bi commenting on the technological ruptures of the sound era?
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
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 15 Feb. 2026.

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