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dismember

[dis-mem-ber] / dɪsˈmɛm bər /


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He’s seen ants work as a team to dismember prey in minutes.

From National Geographic • Jan. 22, 2024

On their first day as students at London’s prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, or RADA, in 2007, Hizli remembered a teacher telling them “they were going to dismember us and put us back together.”

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

First, this case was the last gasp for the CFPB’s opponents, who had hoped to dismember it through the courts.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2020

Instead, the victors deprived the French of their conquests and imposed a modest indemnity, but they did not dismember the country.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

I’m pretty sure the only thing you could dismember is a sandwich.”

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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