dismembered
past simple and past participle ofdismember
dismember
verb[T]
uk/dɪˈsmem.bər/us/dɪˈsmem.bɚ/tocut,tear, orpullthearmsandlegsoff thebodyof adeadpersonoranimal:
Thepolicefoundthe dismemberedbodyof ayoungman in the murderer'sfreezer.
literary
todivideacountryor anempireinto differentparts:
The UNprotestedat the dismembering of Bosnia.
Cutting off and disconnecting
- amputation
- Brexit
- castration
- chop
- chopsomethingoff
- crop
- cut
- cut back
- disconnected
- disconnection
- dismember
- dismemberment
- dissection
- dock
- post-amputation
- saw
- sawsomethingoff
- sever
- unjoined
- unmoor
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Separating and dividing
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This mélange includesdismemberedthrust sheets and blocks of radiolarian chert and basalt.
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Thedismemberedman at the end indicates the woman's symbolic victory and suggests that masculinist idealizations of feminine tenderness and docility can indeed be disrupted.
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Liberalism, born on the back of the shattered estates anddismemberedcommunities of premodern society, made its mark as the champion of the universal.
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The rope then collapses onto the ground and with it falls thedismemberedbody of the vanished person.
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Both wings were marked with numbered tape so thatdismemberedcarcasses could be identified.
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In the comic, the head and limbs of a woman are drawn asdismemberedfrom her jacket, skirt, and shoes; only together do they make a complete composite picture.
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A veritable lawyers' paradise is to be erected on thedismemberedremains of the body that was once voluntary industrial relations procedure.
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Instead of the living creature we are left with a kind of butcher's shop ofdismemberedjoints.
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Once we get destruction on that scale, there is no looking after the wounded, thedismembered, or the burned.
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That means that the body of the baby is crushed anddismemberedin the womb and then removed piecemeal.
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Is it really down to medical judgment whether a child shall bedismemberedalive?
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They are of the rateable value of £32, and they include thedismemberedparts of other buildings partly used as dwelling places, and subject to the same limits.
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A scene of utter chaos awaited them;dismemberedbodies, clothing, household furniture and ware, plus other debris, were strewn all around.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He could self-destruct and pull hisdismemberedbody back together at anytime.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The stage is by now strewn with blood anddismemberedbody parts.
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