dismember

Definition of dismember in English English dictionary: To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces
The American Civil War nearly dismembered the Union.; To remove the limbs of
Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.; {v} to cut off a limb or in pieces; separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist" divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war; separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"; To dismember a country or organization means to break it up into smaller parts. Hitler's plans to occupy and dismember Czechoslovakia; divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"; To deprive of membership; {f} dissect, tear to pieces; split up, divide; To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up; divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war; To dismember the body of a dead person or animal means to cut or pull it into pieces. He then dismembered her, hiding parts of her body in the cellar
dismembering: Present participle of dismember
dismembering: The act or process whereby something is dismembered
dismemberment: The act of dismembering
The metapodials appear to have been marked during dismemberment from the lower limbs.
dismemberment: {n} the cutting off of a member or a part, the partition of a state
dismemberment: Dismemberment is the act of cutting, tearing, pulling, wrenching or otherwise removing, the limbs of a living thing. It may be practiced upon human beings as a form of capital punishment, as a result of a traumatic accident, or in connection with murder, suicide, or cannibalism. As opposed to surgical amputation of the limbs, dismemberment is often fatal to all but the simplest of creatures. In criminology, a distinction is made between offensive and defensive dismemberment
dismembered: past of dismember
dismemberment: Dismemberment is the cutting or pulling into pieces of a body
dismemberment: (See: accidental dismemberment, double dismemberment and single dismemberment )
dismemberment: the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
dismemberment: Loss, or loss of use of specified members of the body, resulting from accidental bodily injury
dismemberment: The loss of, or loss of use of, specified members of the body resulting from accidental bodily injury
dismemberment: Loss of limb or sight
dismemberment: Removal from membership; detachment from an organization, group, etc
dismemberment: Accidental loss of (or of the use of) a body part
dismemberment: The state or condition of being dismembered
dismemberment: The loss of, or loss of use of, specified members of the body resulting from accidental bodily injury (H)
dismemberment: Dismemberment is the breaking up into smaller parts of a country or organization. the case for dismemberment or even abolition of the BBC
dismemberment: {i} dissection, tearing to pieces, amputation; dividing up
dismemberment: Accidental loss of limb or sight
dismemberment: The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m&?;tilation; division; separation
dismembers: third-person singular of dismember