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dismember

[dis-mem-ber] / dɪsˈmɛm bər /


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Unlike electrical work or cabinet construction, paint is statistically less likely to kill, injure or dismember you.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024

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

The social safety net has tears, but the solution is to sew them up — not dismember the children who should be swaddled in it.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2022

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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