dismember

Verb

Meaning

To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.

To deprive of membership.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

divide sever mutilate dislocate discerp ted cleave rend sunder separate cut section butcher cripple split
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Antonyms

make structure build join bond construct
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Hypernyms

separate kill divide part

Phrases with the word

dismember to

Derivatives

dismembered dismembering

Anagrams

dismembre

Examples

our department was dismembered when our funding dried up Source: Internet

The Empire was discerped after the war Source: Internet

the tiger dismembered the tourist Source: Internet

Aguilar told investigators she helped Robinson dismember Guillen's body using an ax and a machete, removing her limbs and head. Source: Internet

It was discovered that the backpack the subject was carrying contained items that could be used to subdue, kill, dismember, and bury a body, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Source: Internet

Investigators say she told them that she and Robinson used what has been described as a hatchet or an ax to dismember the body and that they then tried to burn the body, but it didn't work. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dismaying dismayingly disme dismember to dismembered dismembered limb