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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dismember \Dis*mem"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismembered}; p. pr & vb n. {Dismembering}.] [OF. desmembrer F. d['e]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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dismember v 1: separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist" 2: divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up" [syn: {take apart}]
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