It's very unusual for a killer to dismember a body.
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Dismember
//ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "dismember" (44 found)
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Related words (22)
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7 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- διαμελίζω verb (remove limbs)
- διαμελίζω verb (cut into pieces)
Arabic
2 entries- بَتَرَ verb (remove limbs)
- فَكَّكَ verb (remove limbs)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 支解 verb (remove limbs)
- 斷手足 /断手足 verb (remove limbs)
- 肢解 verb (remove limbs)
Finnish
3 entries- hajottaa verb (cut into pieces)
- paloitella verb (cut into pieces)
- teilata verb (remove limbs)
French
2 entries- démembrer verb (remove limbs)
- dépecer verb (remove limbs)
Galician
1 entries- desmembrar verb (remove limbs)
German
2 entries- zergliedern verb (remove limbs)
- zerstückeln verb (cut into pieces)
Greek
2 entries- διαμελίζω verb (remove limbs)
- διαμελίζω verb (cut into pieces)
Ido
1 entries- deskorpizar verb (remove limbs)
Japanese
1 entries- 切り放す verb (remove limbs)
Korean
1 entries- 육시하다 verb (remove limbs)
Macedonian
1 entries- обесчленува verb (remove limbs)
Māori
1 entries- kotikoti verb (cut into pieces)
Polish
4 entries- poćwiartować verb (cut into pieces)
- rozczłonkować verb (remove limbs)
- rozczłonkowywać verb (remove limbs)
- ćwiartować verb (cut into pieces)
Portuguese
2 entries- desmembrar verb (remove limbs)
- desmembrar verb (cut into pieces)
Russian
4 entries- расчлени́ть verb (remove limbs)
- расчлени́ть verb (cut into pieces)
- расчленя́ть verb (remove limbs)
- расчленя́ть verb (cut into pieces)
Spanish
2 entries- descuartizar verb (cut into pieces)
- desmembrar verb (cut into pieces)
Swedish
2 entries- lemlästa verb (remove limbs)
- stycka verb (cut into pieces)
Tagalog
1 entries- hiwagin verb (cut into pieces)
Ukrainian
2 entries- розчлено́вувати verb (remove limbs)
- розчленува́ти verb (remove limbs)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Fadil began to dismember Layla's body.
Source: tatoeba (5895700)
Killers sometimes dismember their victims.
Source: tatoeba (5907370)
Sami began to dismember Layla's body.
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