DISMEMBER
dismember
(verb) separate the limbs from the body; “the tiger dismembered the tourist”
dismember, take apart, discerp
(verb) divide into pieces; “our department was dismembered when our funding dried up”; “The Empire was discerped after the war”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
dismember (third-person singular simple present dismembers, present participle dismembering, simple past and past participle dismembered)
(transitive) To remove the limbs of.
(transitive) To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces.
Anagrams
• dismembre
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*mem"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismembered; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismembering.] Etym: [OF. desmembrer, F. démembrer; 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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