Dismemberment

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dismemberment \Dis*mem"ber*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F.
     d['e]membrement.]
     The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered;
     cutting in piece; m?tilation; division; separation.
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           The Castilians would doubtless have resented the
           dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed
           the head.                                --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dismemberment
       n : the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces [syn: {taking
           apart}]