English
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�mb�(r)|-�mb�(r)
Verb
en-verb
- transitive To remove the limbs of.
#:Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.
- transitive 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.
Derived terms
dismemberment
Translations
trans-top|remove limbs
Finnish: irrottaa raajat
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|cut into pieces
Finnish: paloitella
trans-mid
trans-bottom
io:dismember
it:dismember
te:dismember
vi:dismember
zh:dismember
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