noun
dismemberment
noun
1
The act of cutting off limbs, or the state of having been cut apart.
"The case involved the gruesome dismemberment of the victim."
2
The breaking up of a larger whole, such as a country, into separate pieces.
"Historians still debate the long-term effects of the empire's dismemberment."
How to Use Dismemberment
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe act or result of cutting something into separate pieces, whether a body or a nation.
Word Forms
dismemberments plural
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Etymology
From dismember plus the suffix -ment.