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Dismember
Dismember Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Dismember?
[v] separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"
[v] divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dismember: take apart Related Terms | Find terms related to Dismember: cripple | defoliate | denude | disassemble | dismantle | draw and quarter | flay | grill | impale | keelhaul | lacerate | maim | mangle | mayhem | mutilate | part | peel | pick to pieces | picket | pull apart | rack | separate | sever | shred | skin | strip | sunder | take apart | take down | tar and feather | tear apart | tear to pieces | tear to tatters | torture See Also | divide | kill | part | separate Dismember In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*mem"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismembered}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Dismembering}.] [OF. desmembrer, F.
d['e]membrer; pref. des- (L. dis) + OF. & F. membre limb. See
{Member}.]
1. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member
from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.
Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. --Pope.
A society lacerated and dismembered. --Gladstone.
By whose hands the blow should be struck which would
dismember that once mighty empire. --Buckle.
2. To deprive of membership. [Obs.]
They were dismembered by vote of the house. --R.
North.
Syn: To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide;
sever.
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