dismantlement

noun

Definition of dismantlementnext
as in eradication

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  1. execution
  2. effacement
  3. slaughter
  4. disintegration
  5. massacre
  6. assassination
  7. collapse
  8. killing
Noun
  • The new team will need to decide whether to fully embrace these measures, delay their execution, or attempt to repeal certain provisions.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The story mirrors the original, following a fresh batch of desperate have-nots competing in elementary school games with a sizable fortune for the winners and pitiless execution for the losers.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of execution
Noun
  • To be fair, the effacement of character is itself one of Leitch’s dramatic points.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
  • There are times in The Years when the betrayal and effacement of May compels Ernaux to say something similar.
    Tobi Haslett, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
Definition of effacement
Noun
  • The events are loosely based on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which saw Mormon militiamen of the Utah Territorial Militia, or Nauvoo Legion, slaughter at least 120 members of the Baker-Fancher wagon train.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • With dead-eyed thoroughness, their avatars kill around 100 characters a day — slaughters that simultaneously advance the siblings’ online progress and strengthen their real-life bond.
    Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of slaughter
Noun
  • The disintegration of the Ukrainian army’s 155th Mechanized Brigade reportedly taught Ukrainian leaders an important lesson—one that could help outnumbered Ukrainian troops hold the line as Russia’s wider war on Ukraine grinds toward its fourth year.
    David Axe, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The military also feared the consequences of disintegration, as Assad portrayed himself as a bulwark against chaos and sectarian violence.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of disintegration
Noun
  • Here’s everything to know about the real-life massacre that inspired the six-episode series — and how faithful the dramatization is to the historical event.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Moreover, although the 1921 report asserts that the massacre (then called a riot) was not the result of 'racial feeling,' perpetrators of the massacre overtly expressed and acted upon racial bias.
    Sabina Ghebremedhin, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of massacre
Noun
  • And in September, following the second assassination attempt against Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course, the governor announced the state was opening a criminal investigation into the matter.
    Julia Manchester, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Trump’s assassination of Iranian defense chief Qasem Soleimani in January 2020 has proved both Trump’s willingness to take risks with Iran and Tehran’s inability to do much about it.
    Ian Bremmer, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of assassination
Noun
  • Prosecutors in Serbia have charged 13 individuals, including a government minister, in connection with the Novi Sad collapse, though doubts about the investigation's independence persist.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Last year was supposed to be a time of recovery for the PC market following a major collapse in sales.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of collapse
Noun
  • The highest-profile killings were the murders of Kayla Cuevas, 16, and Nisa Mickens, 15, in Brentwood on Sept. 13, 2016.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Willis appeared to have changed his stance over the years, first demanding Trump stop using the song in June 2020 after the then-president pledged to use military force to break up protests following the police killing of George Floyd.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of killing
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