dismember
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dismember
- /ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)/
Rhymes with -ɛmbə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English, from Old French desmembrer, from des- (“de-”) + membre (“limb”) + -er (“verbal suffix”).
verb dismembers · dismembering · dismembered · dismembre
- To remove the limbs of. Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.
- To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces. The killer methodically dismembered the bodies of his victims.
