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DISMEMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dismember mean? 

DISMEMBER (verb)
  The verb DISMEMBER has 2 senses:

1. separate the limbs from the bodyplay

2. divide into piecesplay

  Familiarity information: DISMEMBER used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISMEMBER (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they dismember  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it dismembers  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: dismembered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: dismembered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: dismembering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Separate the limbs from the body

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

the tiger dismembered the tourist

Hypernyms (to "dismember" is one way to...):

kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to dismember the prisoners

Derivation:

dismemberment (the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Divide into pieces

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

discerp; dismember; take apart

Context example:

The Empire was discerped after the war

Hypernyms (to "dismember" is one way to...):

divide; part; separate (come apart)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


 Context examples 


If he really sought to reconcile himself like a dutiful branch, he must be forgiven for having dismembered himself from the paternal tree.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)



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