dismember

English

Alternative forms

• dismembre (obsolete)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French desmembrer, from des- (“de-”) + membre (“limb”) + -er (“verbal suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛmbə(r)

Verb

dismember (third-person singular simple present dismembers, present participle dismembering, simple past and past participle dismembered)

1. (transitive) To remove the limbs of.

   Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.

2. (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
• dismemberer

Translations

remove limbs

• Arabic: بَتَرَ (ar) (batara), فَكَّكَ (fakkaka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斷手足／断手足, 断手足 (duàn shǒuzú), 支解 (zh) (zhījiě)

• Dutch: ontleding (nl) f
• Finnish: teilata
• French: démembrer (fr), dépecer (fr)
• Galician: desmembrar (gl)
• German: zergliedern (de)
• Greek: διαμελίζω (el) (diamelízo)

  Ancient Greek: διαμελίζω (diamelízō)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: deskorpizar (io)
• Japanese: 切り放す (きりはなす, kirihanasu)
• Korean: 육시하다 (yuksihada)
• Macedonian: обесчленува (obesčlenuva)
• Polish: rozczłonkowywać
• Portuguese: desmembrar (pt)
• Russian: расчленя́ть (ru) impf (rasčlenjátʹ), расчлени́ть (ru) pf (rasčlenítʹ), четвертова́ть (ru) impf or pf (četvertovátʹ)
• Swedish: lemlästa (sv)

cut into pieces

• Finnish: paloitella (fi) (to cut), hajottaa (fi) (to otherwise divide)
• German: zerstückeln (de)
• Greek: διαμελίζω (el) (diamelízo)

  Ancient Greek: διαμελίζω (diamelízō)

• Maori: kotikoti
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: ćwiartować
• Portuguese: desmembrar (pt)
• Russian: расчленя́ть (ru) impf (rasčlenjátʹ), расчлени́ть (ru) pf (rasčlenítʹ)
• Spanish: descuartizar (es), desmembrar (es)
• Tagalog: hiwagin

Anagrams

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