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DISMEMBERMENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The removal of limbs; being cut to pieces

Synonyms:

dismemberment; taking apart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("dismemberment" is a kind of...):

torture; torturing (the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason)

mutilation (an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part)

Derivation:

dismember (separate the limbs from the body)

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