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dismemberment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | taking apart |
| Type of | mutilation, torture, torturing |
| Derivation | dismember |
Examples of dismemberment
dismemberment
The set of a Carry On film, maybe, or at some sort of brutal dismemberment party.
From the guardian.co.uk
Most involved fatal dismemberment, though one person lost an arm and survived.
From the boston.com
Cue much onscreen carnage, dismemberment and feasting by a carnivorous rabble.
From the metro.co.uk
Eventually, it was half a fish, but nobody seemed to be watching its dismemberment.
From the washingtonpost.com
Hungarians still mourn their country's dismemberment in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon.
From the economist.com
His working-class background, however, saved him from death or dismemberment.
From the stltoday.com
At times the writers have to rely on their own imaginations of dismemberment.
From the time.com
So far this year there have been 120 cases of rapes, torture and even dismemberment.
From the guardian.co.uk
They remained a potent force until their dismemberment by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- The removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
- Dismemberment is a stage illusion, designed and patented by the magician Edward M. Massey in 1935.
- The act of dismembering; The state or condition of being dismembered; Removal from membership; detachment from an organization, group, etc
- (Dismembered) Applied to birds having neither feet nor legs; also, to animals whose members are separated.
- (dismembered) used of a charge cut into pieces, which are set a small distance apart but preserve the original form
- Loss of a limb, e.g., leg, arm, finger or eye.
- Accidental loss of (or of the use of) a body part.
- Loss of body members (limbs), or use thereof, or loss of sight due to injury.
- (n.): To dismember someone is to tear or cut that person's limbs (arms and legs) off. Although it is unlikely that anyone would have actually pulled off Dill's arms and legs, Lee uses the word to point out how outraged Miss Rachel must have been to discover that the children had been playing ...
