dismemberment
noun
uk/dɪˈsmem.bə.mənt/us/dɪˈsmem.bɚ.mənt/[CorU]
theactionofcutting,tearing, orpullingthearmsandlegsoff abody:
肢解He waschargedwith themurderand dismembermentofhisneighbour.他被指控谋杀和肢解邻居。
He hadwitnessedpublichangingsand dismemberments.他目睹了公开绞刑和肢解。
[U]literary
theactionofdividingacountryororganizationinto differentparts:
肢解(国家或组织)the dismembermentoftheempire帝国的肢解
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dismember
- There wereoffenceswhich, informerages, werepunishableby dismemberment.
- Thefilmcontainshorrificscenesof decapitations and dismemberments.
- He was theleaderwhopresidedover the dismemberment of Yugoslavia.
- AT&T was this country'sundisputedtelecommonopolyuntilitsdismemberment bycourtorderin 1984.
- Theministryis toobigandcriesout for dismemberment.
Cutting off and disconnecting
- amputate
- amputation
- amputee
- Brexit
- castration
- chop
- chopsomethingoff
- crop
- cut back
- disconnect
- disconnected
- disconnection
- dismember
- dissection
- dock
- nonconnection
- post-amputation
- sawsomethingoff
- sever
- unjoined
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Separating and dividing