dis member

verb (used with object)

to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb: The ogre dismembered his victims before he ate them.

to divide into parts; cut to pieces; mutilate.

to reduce, reorganize, or discontinue the services or parts of (a company, government agency, etc.): Our business was dismembered by the conglomerate that bought it.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English dismembren < Anglo-French, Old French desmembrer, equivalent to des- dis-¹ + -membrer, verbal derivative of membre member

Related forms

dis·mem·ber·er, noun

dis·mem·ber·ment, noun

non·dis·mem·ber·ment, noun

Can be confused: disembodied, disemboweled, dismembered.

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dismember (dɪsˈmɛmbə)

—vb
1.	to remove the limbs or members of
2.	to cut to pieces
3.	to divide or partition (something, such as an empire)

dis'memberer

—n

dis'memberment

—n

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