dismember
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.): Our business was dismembered by the conglomerate that bought it.
Origin of dismember
1Other words from dismember
- dis·mem·ber·er, noun
- dis·mem·ber·ment, noun
- non·dis·mem·ber·ment, noun
Words that may be confused with dismember
- disembodied, disemboweled, dismembered
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How to use dismember in a sentence
Surely no fate can be too bad for the man who dismembers books.
The Book-Hunter at Home | P. B. M. Allan
British Dictionary definitions for dismember
/ (dɪsˈmɛmbə) /
to remove the limbs or members of
to cut to pieces
to divide or partition (something, such as an empire)
Derived forms of dismember
- dismemberer, noun
- dismemberment, noun
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