dismember
pronunciation
How to pronounce dismember in British English:
UK [dɪsˈmembə(r)]
How to pronounce dismember in American English:
US [dɪsˈmɛmbɚ]
-
- Verb:
- separate the limbs from the body
- divide into pieces
Word Origin
- dismember (v.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. Destroy and dismember entire waves of zombies with your punches and kicks .
- 2. He used to dismember his victims and hide the pieces under the floorboards of his house .
- 3. The bigger surprise came two days earlier when ing , the biggest bank in the netherlands , said that it would dismember itself-splitting its banking and insurance businesses and selling its american online-banking arm-and shrink its balance-sheet by almost half .
- 4. Doubt I will bury under faith ; fear I will dismember with confidence .
- 5. For the first time , experience the horror of a necromorph outbreak in multiplayer as you fight in skirmishes around the sprawl and strategically dismember your friends .