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View definitions for dismember

dismember

verb as in cut into pieces

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Newspaper reporters flocked to Dumfries and Galloway after dismembered and disfigured human remains were discovered beneath a bridge over a stream.

From BBC

Only, sometimes, these cadavers are not truly donated — and the dead person never consented to have their body dismembered.

From Salon

"Our government has, literally, in some cases, made up excuses and ignored reporting that would have forced us to stop sending those weapons that are dismembering their bodies."

From Salon

When that didn’t work, she and others dismembered the body, placed the pieces in vacuum-sealed bags and dumped the body into the San Francisco Bay.

Metson murdered Holly in an act that police have described as "barbaric" - stabbing her multiple times before he dismembered her body into more than 200 pieces and disposed of them in the River Witham.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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