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dismember

[ dis-mem-ber ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb:

    The ogre dismembered his victims before he ate them.

  2. to divide into parts; cut to pieces; mutilate.
  3. to reduce, reorganize, or discontinue the services or parts of (a company, government agency, etc.):

    Our business was dismembered by the conglomerate that bought it.



dismember

/ »åɪ²õˈ³¾É›³¾²úÉ™ /

verb

  1. to remove the limbs or members of
  2. to cut to pieces
  3. to divide or partition (something, such as an empire)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • »å¾±²õˈ³¾±ð³¾²ú±ð°ù±ð°ù, noun
  • »å¾±²õˈ³¾±ð³¾²ú±ð°ù³¾±ð²Ô³Ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å¾±²õ·³¾±ð³¾î€ƒb±ð°ù·±ð°ù noun
  • »å¾±²õ·³¾±ð³¾î€ƒb±ð°ù·³¾±ð²Ô³Ù noun
  • non»å¾±²õ·³¾±ð³¾î€ƒb±ð°ù·³¾±ð²Ô³Ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dismember1

1250–1300; Middle English dismembren < Anglo-French, Old French desmembrer, equivalent to des- dis- 1 + -membrer, verbal derivative of membre member
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A chance sighting by police helped catch the killer who murdered and dismembered his housemate before scattering body parts across Greater Manchester.

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A man has been found guilty of murdering and dismembering his housemate into 27 pieces and dumping his body parts across a city.

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But U.S. policy under Biden and under Trump has involved sending ever-greater amounts of money and weaponry that are then used to flatten or dismember Palestinian children.

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The answer was that Tobin had killed Vicky in Bathgate, dismembered her body, and taken her remains with him when he moved to a new house 470 miles away in the south of England.

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In 2023 Putin accused the West, particularly the US, of trying to "dismember" Russia to gain access to its natural resources.

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