DISMEMBER
\dɪsmˈɛmbə], \dɪsmˈɛmbə], \d_ɪ_s_m_ˈɛ_m_b_ə]\
Definitions of DISMEMBER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"
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divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.
By Oddity Software
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To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.
By Noah Webster.
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To cut or tear limb from limb; sever into parts and distribute; dislocate; sever; divide.
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Dismemberment.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Dismemberment.
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To divide member from member: to separate a limb from the body: to disjoint: to tear to pieces: to divide and parcel out the territory of a country, as Poland was dismembered in the eighteenth century; also, to deprive of the qualifications, privileges, functions, or office of a member of a society or body: to put an end to the membership of. "Since I have dismembered myself, it is incredible how cool I am to all politics."-Walpoie.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald