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English verb: dismember | |||
| 1. | dismember (contact) separate the limbs from the body | ||
| Samples | The tiger dismembered the tourist. | ||
| Examples | They want to dismember the prisoners | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
| 2. | dismember (contact) divide into pieces | ||
| Samples | Our department was dismembered when our funding dried up. The Empire was discerped after the war. | ||
| Synonyms | discerp, take apart | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | divide, part, separate | ||
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