About The Word Dismemberment
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Dismemberment
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What's The Definition Of Dismemberment?
[n] the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dismemberment: taking apart Related Terms | Find terms related to Dismemberment: See Also | mutilation | torture | torturing Dismemberment In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*mem"ber*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F.
d['e]membrement.]
The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered;
cutting in piece; m?tilation; division; separation.
The Castilians would doubtless have resented the
dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed
the head. --Macaulay.
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