Dismember Definition

dĭs-mĕmbər
dismembered, dismembering, dismembers
verb
dismembered, dismembering, dismembers
To remove the limbs of by cutting or tearing.
Webster's New World
To pull or cut to pieces; separate into parts; divide up or mutilate.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Dismember

  • Middle English dismembren from Old French desmembrer from Vulgar Latin dismembrāre Latin dis- dis- Latin membrum limb member

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French desmembrer, from des- (“de-”) + membre (“limb”) + -er (“verbal suffix”)

    From Wiktionary

Dismember Sentence Examples

  • We're trying to build a club, build a team, not dismember it once we get it going.

  • The hour had come for Dante, the great Florentine poet, to curse the man who was to dismember the empire, precipitate the fall of the papacy and discipline feudalism.

  • Since he could not dismember the kingdom of France, his only course was to reconstitute the ancient kingdom of Lotharingia; while the conquest of the principality of Liege and of the duchy of Gelderland, and the temporary occupation of Alsace, pledged to him by Sigismund of Austria, made him greedy for Germany.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

Words Ending With

RERBER

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Words Starting With D and Ending With R

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