dismembered

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Now the dismembered statue has become a symbol of a city - and a nation - struggling to reckon with its darkest chapters.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

And so, like the dismembered Black Knight in that iconic fight scene from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” they comically cling to their mortally wounded impeachment scheme, proclaiming, “‘Tis but a scratch!”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2024

It was Coyolxauhqui, carefully portrayed in stone as the dismembered lunar goddess who lost a battle against her brother, the Sun.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2023

You can use your favorite chocolate bar or chocolate chips, though I would applaud your resourcefulness if you dismembered a chocolate bunny or two in service of your baking.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2022

Again, one may safely assert that France, in 1815, would have been dismembered had it not been for Alexander.

From My Memoirs by Steinheil, Marguerite