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Dismember

//ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the limbs of. transitive

    "Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person."

  2. 2
    separate the limbs from the body wordnet
  3. 3
    To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces. transitive

    "The killer methodically dismembered the bodies of his victims."

  4. 4
    divide into pieces wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French desmembrer, from des- (“de-”) + membre (“limb”) + -er (“verbal suffix”).

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