DEMOUNTED Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

demounted

verb

past tense of demount

as in dismantled

to take apart soldiers were expected to be able to demount and reassemble their weapons

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This series has mirrored the 2004 NBA Finals, when the Detroit Pistons dismantled the Shaq-and-Kobe Lakers through relentless collective force.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
For decades, the novelist Tom McCarthy has dismantled the tropes of realist fiction.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of dismantled

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Buck has long since dismounted from his high horse, but people who live in glass houses that are also occupied by Mike Darnell should probably be a bit more judicious when hucking rocks.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, the owner of the carriage involved in the fatal crash suspended the driver indefinitely and plans to retire the horse, according to union officials, who said the driver improperly dismounted to take a photograph of his passengers.

— Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

Definition of dismounted

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Engineers rely on expensive metal molds or complex tools that must be disassembled before removal.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
For traveling carnivals, rides are repeatedly disassembled, transported, and reassembled at different locations.

— Jamal Goss, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of disassembled

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But these programs are disconnected and spread out across the state, creating a situation where students in one part of Connecticut may have access to opportunities that are walled off from students living elsewhere.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of disconnected

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Shortly after the Chinese aerospace company LandSpace launched a rocket in northwestern China, its booster—the part needed to thrust the rocket into orbit—successfully detached and landed back on earth.

— Kathleen Curlee, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026
By the time Quinn sculpted Kate, the image had already detached.

— Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026

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