dismemberverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈsmem.bər/us/dɪˈsmem.bɚ/to cut, tear, or pull the arms and legs off a human body:
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:
The UN protested at the dismembering of Bosnia.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cutting off and disconnecting
- amputate
- amputee
- chop
- chop sth off
- crop
- cut
- cut sb off
- disconnect
- dissection
- dock
- lop sth off
- saw
- saw sth off
- sever
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International relations: international politics & government
Separating and dividing
dismemberment
noun [ U ] uk/dɪˈsmem.bə.mənt/us/dɪˈsmem.bɚ.mənt/
literary the dismemberment of the empire