dismember
verb (used with object)
to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb.
dismembered
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past participleof dismember.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dismember.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dismemberverb (used with object)to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb.
Example Sentences
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And so, like the dismembered Black Knight in that iconic fight scene from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” they comically cling to their mortally wounded impeachment scheme, proclaiming, “‘Tis but a scratch!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2024
“It started very early,” he said, producing as evidence a faded, dismembered copy of the U.N.’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights that he received as a teenager in school and still carries in his wallet.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2022
Ghafoor’s connection to Khashoggi, the Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist who was killed and dismembered by Saudi agents in Turkey in 2018, has raised the profile of the case.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
In 1993, ABC aired a Saturday morning cartoon show, "Tales From the Cryptkeeper," that featured a somewhat softer approach to the morbid material: characters didn't die, and being dismembered was off-limits.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2022
He was a wiry boy with a small head, close set ears, and eyes that darted about continually in search of insects to be dismembered or walls to be scribbled on.
From Four and Twenty Beds by Nancy Vogel
