dismember
verb/ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)/
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French desmembrer, from des- (“de-”) + membre (“limb”) + -er (“verbal suffix”).
- derived from desmembrer
Definitions
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.
- The American Civil War nearly dismembered the Union.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for dismember. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA