dismember
verb (used with object)
to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb.
have dismembered
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present perfectof dismember.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The looming question is who, or what, might have dismembered this mastodon so long ago.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 26, 2017
Newer shows like “You’re the Worst” and “Catastrophe” have dismembered the romantic-comedy genre, arguing, in effect, that only suckers or idiots can truly fall in love.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 14, 2015
She would have dismembered Russia, as she has effectively done—at least temporarily—by the infamous Brest-Litovsk treaty.
From England, Canada and the Great War by Louis-Georges Desjardins
