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Synonyms for dismembered


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dis-mem-ber
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈmɛm bər

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Définition of dismembered

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French desmembrer (11c.), from Medieval Latin dismembrare "tear limb from limb; castrate," from Latin de- "take away" + membrum "limb" (see member). Related: Dismembered; dismembering.
  • verb cut into pieces
Example sentences :
  • Probably then you will dance the war-dance of exasperation on its dismembered remains.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • I had dismembered the obstacle, and would now collect the fragments.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI » by Various
  • The bed is a ruin, dismembered, torn apart, and heaped in a corner.
  • Extract from : « Princess Zara » by Ross Beeckman
  • A murmur reached him that it was Taffy Jones who had thus been dismembered.
  • Extract from : « The Rough Road » by William John Locke
  • Scattered about lay the feathers and dismembered bones of some birds.
  • Extract from : « Crooked Trails and Straight » by William MacLeod Raine
  • If he tries both, the empire will be dismembered before many years.
  • Extract from : « The Land of Thor » by J. Ross Browne
  • He envisaged the possibility of a vanquished and dismembered France.
  • Extract from : « The Bronze Eagle » by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
  • If the beast had lived a second longer, it would surely have dismembered him.
  • Extract from : « The Hour of the Dragon » by Robert E. Howard
  • Of these unfortunates only dismembered trunks had been found, with one exception.
  • Extract from : « The Glory of The Coming » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • Ten were dismembered and the pieces of their bodies were thrown in the water.
  • Extract from : « The Jewels of Aptor » by Samuel R. Delany

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