Antonyms for dismember

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dis-mem-ber

Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈmɛm bər

Definition of dismember

Origin : c.1300, from Old French desmembrer (11c.), from Medieval Latin dismembrare "tear limb from limb; castrate," from Latin de- "take away" + membrum "limb" (see member). Related: Dismembered; dismembering.

verb cut into pieces

Example sentences :

Kiddie helped him only so far as to skin and dismember the rabbit and peel the onions.
Extract from : « Kiddie the Scout » by Robert Leighton

After all, why dismember his library for the sake of saving a few shillings on carriage?
Extract from : « The Whirlpool » by George Gissing

Too large to pass through the door, so they tried to dismember it.
Extract from : « Animal Intelligence » by George J. Romanes

John Henry's plot to dismember the Union disclosed to congress.
Extract from : « The Every Day Book of History and Chronology » by Joel Munsell

We have no desire whatever to dismember the territory of the empire.
Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton

If 283 they cannot manage this, they carry it to a rock, where they dismember it with their beak and claws.
Extract from : « Reptiles and Birds » by Louis Figuier

They're weary of our existing government and are about to dismember or overthrow it?
Extract from : « Plays » by Susan Glaspell

Are we to dismember our country at the behest of a stranger, of a foreigner, and a Roman?
Extract from : « Zenobia » by William Ware

The German Powers will dismember France; but we, having little military weight, shall probably gain next to nothing.
Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose

Monsieur Eugène, still bowing low, although not quite so low as heretofore, endeavored to dismember Vaudrey the Minister.
Extract from : « His Excellency the Minister » by Jules Claretie

Synonyms for dismember

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