dismember
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)/
dismember (dismembers, present participle dismembering; past and past participle dismembered)
- (transitive) To remove the limbs of.
- Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.
- (transitive) To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces.
- The killer methodically dismembered the bodies of his victims.
- The American Civil War nearly dismembered the Union.
- French: démembrer, dépecer
- German: zergliedern
- Portuguese: desmembrar
- Russian: расчленя́ть
- German: zerstückeln
- Portuguese: desmembrar
- Russian: расчленя́ть
- Spanish: descuartizar, desmembrar
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