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Dismemberment is the act of completely disconnecting and or removing the limbs from a living or dead being. It has been practiced upon human beings as a form of capital punishment, especially in connection with regicide, but can occur as a result of a traumatic accident, or in connection with murder, suicide, or cannibalism.
Dismember is a verb that means to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of something, or to break up or tear into pieces. Learn more about its synonyms, example sentences, word history, and related entries from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Dismembered means to cut, tear, or pull the arms and legs off the body of a dead person or animal, or to divide a country or an empire into different parts. See the past tense and participle forms, synonyms, and usage examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
verb (used with object) to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb: The ogre dismembered his victims before he ate them. to divide into parts; cut to pieces; mutilate. to reduce, reorganize, or discontinue the services or parts of (a company, government agency, etc.):
The verb dismember means to sever the limbs from a body. If you watch a horror movie, one of the necessary plot elements is for the villain to dismember a body or two... or twelve. Dismember is from the Latin word dismembrare, which itself is from the Latin roots de, meaning "take away," and membrum, meaning "limb."
to cut, tear, or pull the arms and legs off the body of a dead person or animal: The police found the dismembered body of a young man in the murderer's freezer. literary. to divide a country or an empire into different parts: Some countries hoped to achieve statehood when the Ottoman Empire was dismembered.
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Dismember means to cut or tear the dead body of a person or an animal into pieces, or to divide a country, an organization, etc. into smaller parts. Learn how to pronounce, use and spell this word with Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
