English verb: discerp | |||
1. | discerp (contact) divide into pieces | ||
Samples | Our department was dismembered when our funding dried up. The Empire was discerped after the war. | ||
Synonyms | dismember, take apart | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | divide, part, separate | ||
2. | discerp (contact) cut off from a whole | ||
Samples | His head was severed from his body. The soul discerped from the body. | ||
Synonyms | lop, sever | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cut | ||
Verb group | break up, sever | ||