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dismember en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove the limbs of.
   • Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.
2. (transitive) To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces.
   • The American Civil War nearly dismembered the Union.
   • The killer methodically dismembered the bodies of his victims.

Forms

Deriveds

dismemberer · dismemberment

Translations (40)

tl hiwagin (cut into pieces) · es desmembrar (cut into pieces) · fi paloitella (cut into pieces) · ko 육시하다 (remove limbs) · el διαμελίζω (remove limbs) · pt desmembrar (remove limbs) · pt desmembrar (cut into pieces) · mk обесчленува (remove limbs) · fr démembrer (remove limbs) · el διαμελίζω (cut into pieces) · cmn 肢解 (remove limbs) · sv stycka (cut into pieces) · fi teilata (remove limbs) · ar فَكَّكَ (remove limbs) · grc διαμελίζω (remove limbs) · pl poćwiartować (cut into pieces) · ru расчлени́ть (remove limbs) · io deskorpizar (remove limbs) · de zergliedern (remove limbs) · mi kotikoti (cut into pieces) · sv lemlästa (remove limbs) · cmn 斷手足 /断手足 (remove limbs) · cmn 支解 (remove limbs) · pl rozczłonkować (remove limbs) · grc διαμελίζω (cut into pieces) · ru расчленя́ть (remove limbs) · pl rozczłonkowywać (remove limbs) · fi hajottaa (cut into pieces) · ja 切り放す (remove limbs) · ru расчленя́ть (cut into pieces) · fr dépecer (remove limbs) · pl ćwiartować (cut into pieces) · ru расчлени́ть (cut into pieces) · ru четвертова́ть (remove limbs) · de zerstückeln (cut into pieces) · ar بَتَرَ (remove limbs) · gl desmembrar (remove limbs) · uk розчлено́вувати (remove limbs) · uk розчленува́ти (remove limbs) · es descuartizar (cut into pieces)