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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