'Dismember' definitions:
Definition of 'dismember'
From: WordNet
verb
Separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"
verb
Divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war" [syn: dismember, take apart, discerp]
Definition of 'Dismember'
From: GCIDE
- Dismember \Dis*mem"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismembered; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismembering.] [OF. desmembrer, F. d['e]membrer; pref. des- (L. dis) + OF. & F. membre limb. See Member.]
- 1. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up. [1913 Webster]
- Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- A society lacerated and dismembered. --Gladstone. [1913 Webster]
- By whose hands the blow should be struck which would dismember that once mighty empire. --Buckle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To deprive of membership. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- They were dismembered by vote of the house. --R. North.
- Syn: To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide; sever. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dismember'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- cripple,
- defoliate,
- denude,
- disassemble,
- dismantle,
- draw and quarter,
- flay,
- grill,
- impale,
- keelhaul,
- lacerate,
- maim,
- mangle,
- mayhem,
- mutilate,
- part,
- peel,
- pick to pieces,
- picket,
- pull apart,
- rack,
- separate,
- sever,
- shred,
- skin,
- strip,
- sunder,
- take apart,
- take down,
- tar and feather,
- tear apart,
- tear to pieces,
- tear to tatters,
- torture