1
[ verb ] separate the limbs from the body

Examples

"the tiger dismembered the tourist"

Used in print

(The Detroit News,...)

Simply out of bloodlust , their murderers dismembered the bodies and tossed the remains into the river .

Related terms

kill quarter dismemberment

2
[ verb ] divide into pieces

Synonyms

take_apart discerp

Examples

"our department was dismembered when our funding dried up" "The Empire was discerped after the war"

Related terms

separate

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