Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.
- 2transitive verb
To deprive of membership.
- 3verb
separate the limbs from the body
"the tiger dismembered the tourist"
- 4verb
divide into pieces
"our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"
"The Empire was discerped after the war"
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