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
- 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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