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Dismember

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To cut, tear, or pull off the limbs of.

v. To divide into pieces.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To remove the limbs of.

v. To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.

v. To deprive of membership.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To separate the members of; divide limb from limb; tear or cut in pieces; dilacerate.

To strip of members or constituent parts; sever and distribute the parts of; take a part or parts from: as, to dismember a kingdom.

To withdraw or exclude from membership, as of a society or body; declare to be no longer a member.

Synonyms and

To disjoint, pull a part, break up.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. separate the limbs from the body

v. divide into pieces

Word Usage

"I know they 'cheat' on them to make them easier to "dismember" as my kids and I used to say, but it's still aggravating when you encounter them in print."

Verb Form

dismembered dismembering dismembers

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

kill separate divide part

Cross Reference

mutilate

Form

dismemberment

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

dislocate dilacerate mutilate disjoint divide sever

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

December November September ember member misremember nonmember remember