dismember : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dismember	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dismember
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dismember v separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist" divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war" Synonym(s): dismember, take apart, discerp
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dismember \Dismem"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismembered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismembering}.] [OF. desmembrer, F. d[82]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. Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. --Pope. A society lacerated and dismembered. --Gladstone. By whose hands the blow should be struck which would dismember* that once mighty empire. --Buckle. 2. To deprive of membership. [Obs.] They were dismembered by vote of the house. --R. North. Syn: To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide; sever.