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Dismemberment - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Dismemberment : (noun)
1: the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces [syn: taking
apart]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dismemberment : \Dis*mem"ber*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F.
d['e]membrement.]
The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered;
cutting in piece; m?tilation; division; separation.
The Castilians would doubtless have resented the
dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed
the head. --Macaulay.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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