Dismember — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

separate the limbs from the body

divide into pieces

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈʌbɚz/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsmˈɛmbə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsmˈɛmbə/

3 syllables Say it as /dˈʌbɚz/.

Examples

the tiger dismembered the tourist
our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
The Empire was discerped after the war

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

discerp take apart

Parts of Speech

verb	separate the limbs from the body “the tiger dismembered the tourist”
verb	divide into pieces “our department was dismembered when our funding dried up”

Word Forms

dismemberment

noun

the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

zerstückeln

Trennen Sie die Gliedmaßen vom Körper

🇫🇷French

démembrer

séparer les membres du corps

🇪🇸Spanish

desmembrar

separar las extremidades del cuerpo

🇮🇹Italian

smembrare

separare gli arti dal corpo

🇳🇱Dutch

uiteenvallen

scheid de ledematen van het lichaam

🇵🇹Portuguese

desmembrar

separar os membros do corpo

🇷🇺Russian

расчленить

отделить конечности от туловища

India

🇮🇳Hindi

खंड-खंड करना

अंगों को शरीर से अलग करें

🇧🇩Bengali

টুকরো টুকরো করা

শরীর থেকে অঙ্গ পৃথক

🇮🇳Tamil

துண்டாக்கு

உடலிலிருந்து கைகால்களை பிரிக்கவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఛేదించు

శరీరం నుండి అవయవాలను వేరు చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

तोडणे

शरीरापासून अंग वेगळे करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિચ્છેદ

અંગોને શરીરમાંથી અલગ કરો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಛಿದ್ರಗೊಳಿಸು

ದೇಹದಿಂದ ಅಂಗಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അവയവഛേദം

ശരീരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് കൈകാലുകൾ വേർതിരിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਟੁਕੜੇ

ਅੰਗਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਰੀਰ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਖ ਕਰੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

ٹکڑے ٹکڑے کرنا

جسم سے اعضاء کو الگ کریں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

肢解

将四肢与身体分开

🇯🇵Japanese

切断する

手足を体から切り離す

🇰🇷Korean

해체하다

팔다리를 몸에서 분리하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chặt nhỏ

tách các chi ra khỏi cơ thể

🇹🇭Thai

ตระหนก

แยกแขนขาออกจากร่างกาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

mengoyakkan

pisahkan anggota tubuh dari tubuh

🇵🇭Filipino

putulin

paghiwalayin ang mga limbs mula sa katawan

🇲🇾Malay

berkecai

memisahkan anggota badan daripada badan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تقطيع أوصال

فصل الأطراف عن الجسم

🇮🇷Persian

متلاشی کردن

اندام ها را از بدن جدا کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

parçalamak

uzuvları vücuttan ayırın

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְבַתֵר

להפריד בין הגפיים לגוף

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The primary meaning of 'dismember' is 'separate the limbs from the body'.

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