Dismember
verb
Cut off the limbs of (a person or animal).
The serial killer dismembered his victims and hid their remains
Often appears as...
- dismember a body
- brutally dismember
verb
Divide into parts, cut to pieces, disembowel.
The company was dismembered and its parts sold off
Often appears as...
- dismember a company
- dismember a country
Usage tips
Formal
Business
verb
Cut off the limbs of (a person or animal).
The serial killer dismembered his victims and hid their remains
Often appears as...
- dismember a body
- brutally dismember
verb
Divide into parts, cut to pieces, disembowel.
The company was dismembered and its parts sold off
Often appears as...
- dismember a company
- dismember a country
Usage tips
Formal
Business
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Gruesome Imagery
The verb 'dismember' evokes images of violence and horror, often used in crime or thriller genres.
Detectives feared the murderer would dismember more victims.
Pro Tip 2/3Severe Crime
'Dismember' is used to describe a heinous act and implies intent to prevent identification or hinder investigation.
To erase his traces, the criminal dismembered the evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Literal Use
Used metaphorically, 'dismember' can shock or offend; avoid it in casual conversation.
When he said he would dismember the project, his team was taken aback.
Pro Tip 1/3Gruesome Imagery
The verb 'dismember' evokes images of violence and horror, often used in crime or thriller genres.
Detectives feared the murderer would dismember more victims.
Pro Tip 2/3Severe Crime
'Dismember' is used to describe a heinous act and implies intent to prevent identification or hinder investigation.
To erase his traces, the criminal dismembered the evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Literal Use
Used metaphorically, 'dismember' can shock or offend; avoid it in casual conversation.
When he said he would dismember the project, his team was taken aback.
Pro Tip 1/3Gruesome Imagery
The verb 'dismember' evokes images of violence and horror, often used in crime or thriller genres.
Detectives feared the murderer would dismember more victims.
Pro Tip 2/3Severe Crime
'Dismember' is used to describe a heinous act and implies intent to prevent identification or hinder investigation.
To erase his traces, the criminal dismembered the evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Literal Use
Used metaphorically, 'dismember' can shock or offend; avoid it in casual conversation.
When he said he would dismember the project, his team was taken aback.
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Video examples
Life-changing encounter...
there was no mystery as to what had happened to these seabirds. There were skeletons of seabirds littering the forest floor, and there was something quite unusual about these skeletons because all they were, were the wings of the birds. That is the signature way that a cat dismembers its prey, separating the body from the
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Eric X. Li: A tale of...
We all know the facts. In 1949, when the Party took power, China was mired in civil wars, dismembered by foreign aggression, average life expectancy at that time, 41 years old. Today, it's the second largest economy in the world, an industrial powerhouse, and its people live
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The Egyptian myth of the...
She searched all over the land, traveling in a boat of papyrus. One by one, she tracked down the parts of her husband’s dismembered body in every province of Egypt, holding a funeral for each piece. At long last, she had recovered every piece but one—
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Advocating for gender...
access but we needed a blazing dossier we got it Paula wrote a searing analysis of the UN's history on women's issues titled gender equality now or never not only did it dismember the dismal UN record on gender but it actually became
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The murder of ancient...
and brutally murdered and dismembered her. Hypatia’s death was a turning point in the politics of Alexandria. In the wake of her murder, other philosophers in the Greek and Roman tradition fled,
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Safari Live - Day 238 PIPE...
36 very large crocodiles that just completely dismembered that zebra in a matter of about five minutes it was drowned pretty quickly and then with a very characteristic barrel rolls that
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Killer Ant Swarm...
the scorpion eventually gives up the fight the dismembered body is hauled back down the trail to feed the nest
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
trapped and completely helpless held by each leg the queen is on the rack first stretched then dismembered
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Ants Rip Queen's Legs...
trapped and completely helpless held by each leg the queen is on the rack first stretched then dismembered
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
helpless held by each leg the queen is on the rack first stretched then dismembered
Video examples
Life-changing encounter...
there was no mystery as to what had happened to these seabirds. There were skeletons of seabirds littering the forest floor, and there was something quite unusual about these skeletons because all they were, were the wings of the birds. That is the signature way that a cat dismembers its prey, separating the body from the
Video examples
Eric X. Li: A tale of...
We all know the facts. In 1949, when the Party took power, China was mired in civil wars, dismembered by foreign aggression, average life expectancy at that time, 41 years old. Today, it's the second largest economy in the world, an industrial powerhouse, and its people live
Video examples
The Egyptian myth of the...
She searched all over the land, traveling in a boat of papyrus. One by one, she tracked down the parts of her husband’s dismembered body in every province of Egypt, holding a funeral for each piece. At long last, she had recovered every piece but one—
Video examples
Advocating for gender...
access but we needed a blazing dossier we got it Paula wrote a searing analysis of the UN's history on women's issues titled gender equality now or never not only did it dismember the dismal UN record on gender but it actually became
Video examples
The murder of ancient...
and brutally murdered and dismembered her. Hypatia’s death was a turning point in the politics of Alexandria. In the wake of her murder, other philosophers in the Greek and Roman tradition fled,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 238 PIPE...
36 very large crocodiles that just completely dismembered that zebra in a matter of about five minutes it was drowned pretty quickly and then with a very characteristic barrel rolls that
Video examples
Killer Ant Swarm...
the scorpion eventually gives up the fight the dismembered body is hauled back down the trail to feed the nest
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
trapped and completely helpless held by each leg the queen is on the rack first stretched then dismembered
Video examples
Ants Rip Queen's Legs...
trapped and completely helpless held by each leg the queen is on the rack first stretched then dismembered
Video examples
Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
helpless held by each leg the queen is on the rack first stretched then dismembered
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Quote examples
Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
The most important thing for people to know about the governance of the Arctic is that we have a chance now to act to maintain the integrity of the system or to lose it. To lose it means that we will dismember the vital systems that make the Arctic work. It's not just a cost to the people who live there. It's a cost to all people everywhere.
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David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville
British Politician
I am not in favour of the takeover of excellent and strategically important British companies by struggling foreign firms whose actions are fuelled by tax avoidance, and who want to asset-strip the intellectual property of the British company and then dismember it.
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Bernie Sanders
American Politician
There are very powerful and wealthy special interests who want to privatize or dismember virtually every function that government now performs, whether it is Social Security, Medicare, public education or the Postal Service.
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David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville
British Politician
Even if Pfizer committed itself legally to maintaining some of its research and development in the U.K., its takeover of AstraZeneca would involve dismembering an excellent and strategically important British company.
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Terence Fisher
British Director
The reflection of the flame in the glass seems to be touching the hand. And you feel the helpless fear of these dismembered parts. This sort of thing can hardly be visualized at the script stage.
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David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville
British Politician
The apparent strategy of Pfizer is to take over AstraZeneca, dismember it, and put the different parts of it into its three new divisions, with the ultimate aim of selling off one or more.
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Jose Rizal
Filipino Writer
China will consider herself fortunate if she succeeds in keeping herself intact and is not dismembered or partitioned among the European powers that are colonizing the continent of Asia.
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Ignatius of Antioch
Roman Clergyman
Now I begin to be a disciple... Let fire and cross, flocks of beasts, broken bones, dismemberment... come upon me, so long as I attain to Jesus Christ.
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Subramanian Swamy
Indian Politician
There is a serious effort going on by private airlines such as Spicejet and Vistara to benefit from this dismemberment of Jet Airways.
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Charlie Haden
American Musician
There's enough dismemberment going on in the world without writing music about it.
Quote examples
Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
The most important thing for people to know about the governance of the Arctic is that we have a chance now to act to maintain the integrity of the system or to lose it. To lose it means that we will dismember the vital systems that make the Arctic work. It's not just a cost to the people who live there. It's a cost to all people everywhere.
Quote examples
David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville
British Politician
I am not in favour of the takeover of excellent and strategically important British companies by struggling foreign firms whose actions are fuelled by tax avoidance, and who want to asset-strip the intellectual property of the British company and then dismember it.
Quote examples
Bernie Sanders
American Politician
There are very powerful and wealthy special interests who want to privatize or dismember virtually every function that government now performs, whether it is Social Security, Medicare, public education or the Postal Service.
Quote examples
David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville
British Politician
Even if Pfizer committed itself legally to maintaining some of its research and development in the U.K., its takeover of AstraZeneca would involve dismembering an excellent and strategically important British company.
Quote examples
Terence Fisher
British Director
The reflection of the flame in the glass seems to be touching the hand. And you feel the helpless fear of these dismembered parts. This sort of thing can hardly be visualized at the script stage.
Quote examples
David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville
British Politician
The apparent strategy of Pfizer is to take over AstraZeneca, dismember it, and put the different parts of it into its three new divisions, with the ultimate aim of selling off one or more.
Quote examples
Jose Rizal
Filipino Writer
China will consider herself fortunate if she succeeds in keeping herself intact and is not dismembered or partitioned among the European powers that are colonizing the continent of Asia.
Quote examples
Ignatius of Antioch
Roman Clergyman
Now I begin to be a disciple... Let fire and cross, flocks of beasts, broken bones, dismemberment... come upon me, so long as I attain to Jesus Christ.
Quote examples
Subramanian Swamy
Indian Politician
There is a serious effort going on by private airlines such as Spicejet and Vistara to benefit from this dismemberment of Jet Airways.
Quote examples
Charlie Haden
American Musician
There's enough dismemberment going on in the world without writing music about it.
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