1
as in to descend
to come down from something (as a vehicle)
the coachman dismounted from his seat in order to assist the weary travelers
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2
as in to dismantle
to take apart
dismount a revolver for cleaning
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Recent Examples of dismount
The husband’s job was to hold the horses if Moses and Gainsford dismounted to move closer to their target.
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Katy Roberts, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Then, Richard dismounted and stuck a dead-on landing, finishing with a 14.166 score, good enough for third overall in the group.
—Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
Soon after, an officer can be seen dismounting and placing handcuffs on the man.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
After dismounting the bus for a short period, the suspect climbed back onto the bus and repeatedly hit the driver and pulled her hair while the driver remained seated.
—Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024
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Katy Roberts, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Then, Richard dismounted and stuck a dead-on landing, finishing with a 14.166 score, good enough for third overall in the group.
—Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
Soon after, an officer can be seen dismounting and placing handcuffs on the man.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
After dismounting the bus for a short period, the suspect climbed back onto the bus and repeatedly hit the driver and pulled her hair while the driver remained seated.
—Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024
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Soon, the full blue-black shades of night descended.Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
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And after the chaos Washington descended into following the 2020 election, analysts might be prudent to assume Trump wouldn’t take another loss without an intense battle.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Other very stubborn systems for organizing human societies have been dismantled before.Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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More:Boeing dismantles global diversity, equity and inclusion department, Bloomberg News reports Voting will start at 7 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time (1500 GMT) and end at 7 p.m. with the result expected within hours.Dan Catchpole and Allison Lampert, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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At these locations and others, guests can disembark the ship for on-the-ground fun, including ATV expeditions into the wilderness, whale-watching tours, and a turn on the world’s largest zipline.Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024
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Griffiths said that’s partly so crew members can disembark and enjoy ports, too.Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
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Some folks feel the need to fully disconnect from the digital world to understand this boundary.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
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Appearing on the Reality Life with Kate Casey podcast, the Sister Wives star, 55, was asked whether Meri, 53, had always been disconnected from the larger family, or if that was something that happened over time.Hannah Sacks, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Venom detaches from Eddie to save him and ensnares the xenophages with his gooey body.Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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The helicopter's main rotor detached from the collision and the aircraft plummeted to the ground.Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2024
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Despite various retrieval attempts—including disassembling the drain pipes and pouring water down the sink—the resilient frog stayed put, emerging occasionally and one time leaving behind evidence.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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It’s organized around five events in a material’s production — animating, disassembling, feeding, re-fusing and stitching — and also highlights the wave of more sustainable principles that are being embraced by designers to use fewer resources and allow for recycling and recovery.Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
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That’s where Laddie Coburn struck an odd juxtaposition to the traffic jam on West Agate Avenue.Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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In 2014, tragedy struck when her second husband suddenly died after blood clots from an Achilles tendon rupture traveled to his heart and lungs.Donna M. Owens, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Dismount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismount. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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