DISMEMBERMENTS Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

dismemberments

noun

plural of dismemberment

as in decompositions

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Noun

But the roadway is already the primary street for several subdivisions, including the Brookstone Apartments, which has over 220 units, and the Mallard Grove housing subdivision, which has 114 homes.

— DIAMOND VENCES, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
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

Definition of subdivisions

Noun

As Trump slides toward lame-duck status, cleavages within the group and between it and traditional progressives are becoming more salient.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of cleavages

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Chinese rockets have been a problem in this area before, with unguided reentries and in-orbit breakups in low-Earth orbit.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
On top of the breakups, Richards’ mother and Sambora’s father were both battling cancer.

— Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of breakups

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This is Kubrick’s modus operandi throughout the film, setting up scenes where furniture moves from shot to shot, wall decorations change, and there are further schisms between Ullman’s exposition and the reality that transpires.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
But schisms and heel digging are probably inevitable in such uncertain fields, Catling says.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of schisms

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In an unexpected twist, Shue and Fiebig entered a relationship of their own following their respective splits.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
For this small universe of precinct splits or ballot styles where everyone within a jurisdiction received the same question, the county will set the ballot sorter to out-stack each of those envelopes for hand review.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of splits

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When a brain aneurysm ruptures, approximately 30% to 50% of patients die, according to Dabus.

— Lauren Pastrana, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026
The final match of the South African leg was staged in Soweto, where the 1976 student uprising became one of the defining ruptures in the country’s apartheid history.

— Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruptures

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