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dismemberdis‧mem‧ber /dɪsˈmembə $ -ər/ verb [transitive] dismemberOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French desmembrer, from membre ‘arm or leg’ VERB TABLEdismember |
Present | I, you, we, they | dismember | | he, she, it | dismembers | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dismembered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dismembered | | he, she, it | has dismembered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dismembered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dismember | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dismembered |
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Present | I | am dismembering | | he, she, it | is dismembering | | you, we, they | are dismembering | Past | I, he, she, it | was dismembering | | you, we, they | were dismembering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dismembering | | he, she, it | has been dismembering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dismembering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dismembering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dismembering |
- His dismembered body was dumped near Hoover Dam.
- Mr. Corry might have to dismember the company more than he wants to.
- But they needed other aids, for their teeth and nails could not readily dismember anything larger than a rabbit.
- Further macabre details of summary executions, including the use of dynamite to dismember prisoners, are expected to be released soon.
- The Breton lady had been dismembered.
- The mirror traps Him, and demonic forces dismember Him and throw Him into a boiling cauldron.
- The reason for which body and soul unite follows from a deed -- the Titanic act of dismembering and killing Dionysos.
1to cut a body into pieces or tear it apart2 formal to divide a country, area, or organization into smaller parts SYN break up—dismemberment noun [uncountable] |