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dismember
(encz) | dismember,rozkouskovat Jaroslav Šedivý |
Dismember
(gcide) | 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.
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Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. --Pope.
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A society lacerated and dismembered. --Gladstone.
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By whose hands the blow should be struck which would
dismember that once mighty empire. --Buckle.
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2. To deprive of membership. [Obs.]
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They were dismembered by vote of the house. --R.
North.
Syn: To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide;
sever.
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dismember
(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"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"
[syn: dismember, take apart, discerp] |
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dismember
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dismemberment
(encz) | dismemberment,rozdělení n: Zdeněk Broždismemberment,roztrhání na části Zdeněk Brož |
Dismembered
(gcide) | 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.
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Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. --Pope.
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A society lacerated and dismembered. --Gladstone.
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By whose hands the blow should be struck which would
dismember that once mighty empire. --Buckle.
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2. To deprive of membership. [Obs.]
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They were dismembered by vote of the house. --R.
North.
Syn: To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide;
sever.
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Dismembering
(gcide) | 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.
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Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. --Pope.
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A society lacerated and dismembered. --Gladstone.
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By whose hands the blow should be struck which would
dismember that once mighty empire. --Buckle.
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2. To deprive of membership. [Obs.]
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They were dismembered by vote of the house. --R.
North.
Syn: To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide;
sever.
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Dismemberment
(gcide) | Dismemberment \Dis*mem"ber*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F.
d['e]membrement.]
The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered;
cutting in piece; m?tilation; division; separation.
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The Castilians would doubtless have resented the
dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed
the head. --Macaulay.
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dismember
(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"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"
[syn: dismember, take apart, discerp] |
dismemberment
(wn) | dismemberment
n 1: the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces [syn:
dismemberment, taking apart] |
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