dismember
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- IPA /ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)/
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dismember verb
- To remove the limbs of.“Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.”
- To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces.“The American Civil War nearly dismembered the Union.”
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take apartteardisruptdismembredislimbbelimbdelimblimbdismantleunlimbdisembodydisarticulatedisfleshdisseverdiscidemutilate
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