dispiecev.
/dɪˈspiːs/ transitive. To divide into pieces; to cut or tear to pieces.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut to pieces
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1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 139 The body he dispieced by membres.
1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiii. vii He murdryd the chylde..and despieced in pieces & caste hym into the see.
1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways II. iv. 102 It lay dispieced like a pulled rug.
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