Dismembered

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  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of dismember.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In heraldry: Same as déchaussé.
  • Having a principal part cut away, as the legs and tail: said of an animal used as a bearing. Also démembré.
  • Word Usage
    "Sir Richard taking the advantage of his minority, put the finishing hand to a peace with Spain, which was sufficiently tired and weakened with a 25 years war, for the recovery of Portugal, which had been dismembered from the Spanish crown in 1640; the treaty of peace was signed at Madrid December 6, 1665."
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    kill    separate    divide    part   
    Cross Reference
    mutilate   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dislocate    dilacerate    mutilate    disjoint    divide   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    December    November    September    ember    member