vverb.contactseparate the limbs from the bodyExamples:- the tiger dismembered the tourist
Derivationally Related Form:dismemberment
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:dismemberkill
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: dismember)
vverb.contactdivide into piecesSynset:discerp take apart
Examples:- our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
- The Empire was discerped after the war
Hypernyms:divide part separate
Inherited Hypernyms:dismemberseparatechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something