dismember
verb
dis·mem·ber
(ˌ)dis-ˈmem-bər 
dismembered; dismembering
(ˌ)dis-ˈmem-b(ə-)riŋ
1
: to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
2
: to break up or tear into pieces
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Examples of dismember in a Sentence
The victims' bodies had been dismembered and buried in the basement.
quickly dismembered the old toolshed and hauled it off to the dump
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Sources said Echevarria was beaten and stabbed about a dozen times before the body was dismembered.
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
Naresh Bhatt was arrested in August on a charge of concealing a dead body and now faces charges of murder and physically defiling a dead body after police found evidence in their Manassas Park home that her body was dismembered.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
His body was cruelly dragged through the streets of Port-au-Prince and dismembered after an ambush that historians believe was orchestrated by his former independence allies, Alexandre Pétion and Henry Christophe.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
This theory portrays Charles as an irate son who finally snapped, killing and dismembering his parents before fleeing the country.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
Naresh Bhatt was arrested in August on a charge of concealing a dead body and now faces charges of murder and physically defiling a dead body after police found evidence in their Manassas Park home that her body was dismembered.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
His body was cruelly dragged through the streets of Port-au-Prince and dismembered after an ambush that historians believe was orchestrated by his former independence allies, Alexandre Pétion and Henry Christophe.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
This theory portrays Charles as an irate son who finally snapped, killing and dismembering his parents before fleeing the country.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Dismember.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dismember. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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dismember
verb
dis·mem·ber
(ˈ)dis-ˈmem-bər
dismembered; dismembering
-b(ə-)riŋ
1
: to cut off or separate the limbs or parts of
2
: to break up or tear into pieces
Medical Definition
dismember
transitive verb
dis·mem·ber
(ˈ)dis-ˈmem-bər
dismembered; dismembering
-b(ə-)riŋ
: to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
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