Associations to the word «Dismember»

Wiktionary

DISMEMBER, verb. (transitive) To remove the limbs of.
DISMEMBER, verb. (transitive) To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces.

Dictionary definition

DISMEMBER, verb. Separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist".
DISMEMBER, verb. Divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke