Associations to the word «dismembers»

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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky