dismember
verb
dis·mem·ber
(ˌ)dis-ˈmem-bər 
dismembered; dismembering
(ˌ)dis-ˈmem-b(ə-)riŋ
1
: to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
2
: to break up or tear into pieces
Examples of dismember in a Sentence
The victims' bodies had been dismembered and buried in the basement.
quickly dismembered the old toolshed and hauled it off to the dump
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Pike, a 14-year-old who went missing from a Mesa, Ariz. group home in January, was found dismembered in trash bags near the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona the following month.
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Michael Nied, People.com, 1 July 2025
Maxwell Anderson, of Milwaukee, was convicted of killing and dismembering a 19-year-old college student on the night of their first date.
—Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
As the package struggled its way through a maze of committee votes, there was a growing sense that the pushback was going to dismember the deal or defeat it outright.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
Officials in Groton, Connecticut, on Monday announced the arrest of a man in connection with the murder of Suzanne Wormser, 58, whose body was found dismembered and stuffed into a suitcase near a cemetery on March 19.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Michael Nied, People.com, 1 July 2025
Maxwell Anderson, of Milwaukee, was convicted of killing and dismembering a 19-year-old college student on the night of their first date.
—Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
As the package struggled its way through a maze of committee votes, there was a growing sense that the pushback was going to dismember the deal or defeat it outright.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
Officials in Groton, Connecticut, on Monday announced the arrest of a man in connection with the murder of Suzanne Wormser, 58, whose body was found dismembered and stuffed into a suitcase near a cemetery on March 19.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dismember
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“Dismember.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dismember. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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dismember
verb
dis·mem·ber
(ˈ)dis-ˈmem-bər
dismembered; dismembering
-b(ə-)riŋ
1
: to cut off or separate the limbs or parts of
2
: to break up or tear into pieces
Medical Definition
dismember
transitive verb
dis·mem·ber
(ˈ)dis-ˈmem-bər
dismembered; dismembering
-b(ə-)riŋ
: to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
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