dismember

dismember is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.
2. transitive verb. To deprive of membership.
3. verb. separate the limbs from the body

   "the tiger dismembered the tourist"

4. verb. divide into pieces

   "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"

   "The Empire was discerped after the war"

   Synonyms: discerp

Synonyms

discerp

Common word forms

dismembers, dismembered, dismemberer, dismembering, dismemberment

Words from these letters

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