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- Dictionarydismembered/dɪsˈmɛmbəd/
adjective
- 1. (of a body) having had the limbs cut off: "a dismembered corpse"
- 2. (of a territory or organization) partitioned or divided up: "dismembered communities"
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to cut, tear, or pull the arms and legs off the body of a dead person or animal: The police found the dismembered body of a young man in the murderer's freezer. literary. to divide a country or an empire into different parts: Some countries hoped to achieve statehood when the Ottoman Empire was dismembered.
The meaning of DISMEMBER is to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of. How to use dismember in a sentence.
to cut, tear, or pull the arms and legs off the body of a dead person or animal: The police found the dismembered body of a young man in the murderer's freezer. literary. to divide a country or an empire into different parts: Some countries hoped to achieve statehood when the Ottoman Empire was dismembered.
The verb dismember means to sever the limbs from a body. If you watch a horror movie, one of the necessary plot elements is for the villain to dismember a body or two... or twelve. Dismember is from the Latin word dismembrare, which itself is from the Latin roots de, meaning "take away," and membrum, meaning "limb."
Dismember definition: to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb. See examples of DISMEMBER used in a sentence.
to cut, tear, or pull the arms and legs off the body of a dead person or animal: The police found the dismembered body of a young man in the murderer's freezer. literary. to divide a country or an empire into different parts: Some countries hoped to achieve statehood when the Ottoman Empire was dismembered.
dis·mem·ber. (dĭs-mĕm′bər) tr.v. dis·mem·bered, dis·mem·ber·ing, dis·mem·bers. 1. To cut, tear, or pull off the limbs of. 2. To divide into pieces. [Middle English dismembren, from Old French desmembrer, from Vulgar Latin *dismembrāre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin membrum, limb; see member .] dis·mem′ber·ment n.
dismember. (dɪsmembəʳ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense dismembers , present participle dismembering , past tense, past participle dismembered. 1. verb. To dismember the body of a dead person or animal means to cut or pull it into pieces.
verb. /dɪsˈmembə (r)/ /dɪsˈmembər/ Verb Forms. dismember something to cut or tear the dead body of a person or an animal into pieces. Police say the body had been dismembered. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
To pull or cut to pieces; separate into parts; divide up or mutilate. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: discerp. take-apart. sever. mangle. dislimb. mutilate. dissect. disjoint. amputate. maim. sunder. cripple. Antonyms: join. Origin of Dismember.
