dismemberment

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But it's his gloriously absurd and irreverent spectrum of dispositions and postures, from hyperbolic simpering to grisly dismemberments, that makes him gaming's most Pythonesque icon.

From Time • Jun. 30, 2017

In a stiff letter of resignation to Wilson, Bullitt expressed his concern that "our government has consented now to deliver the suffering peoples of the world to new oppressions, subsections and dismemberments."

From Time Magazine Archive

It survived, with various dismemberments, until 1430, when the last prince, Centurione Zaccaria, ceded the remnant of it to his son-in-law, Theodorus II., despot of Mistra.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Among the earliest dismemberments of the Menangkabau empire was the establishment of Indrapura as an independent kingdom.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William

After many dismemberments, what remained of Thoresby's Museum, including his manuscripts, was sold in London in March, 1764, by auction.

From Notes and Queries, Number 74, March 29, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George