Meanings
present singular third person dismembers · participle present dismembering · participle past dismembered · past dismembered · alternative dismembre
- transitiveTo remove the limbs of.
Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchdesmembrer
- Englishdismember
From Middle English, from Old French desmembrer, from des- (“de-”) + membre (“limb”) + -er (“verbal suffix”).
More words from Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek διαμελίζω, διαμελίζω
- διαμελίζω (diamelízō)remove limbs
- διαμελίζω (diamelízō)cut into pieces
Arabic بَتَرَ, فَكَّكَ
- بَتَرَ (batara)remove limbs
- فَكَّكَ (fakkaka)remove limbs
Chinese Mandarin 斷手足 /断手足, 支解
- 斷手足 /断手足 (duàn shǒuzú)remove limbs
- 支解 (zhījiě)remove limbs
- 肢解 (zhījiě)remove limbs
Finnish teilata, paloitella
- teilataremove limbs
- paloitellacut into pieces
- hajottaacut into pieces
French démembrer, dépecer
- démembrerremove limbs
- dépecerremove limbs
German zergliedern, zerstückeln
- zergliedernremove limbs
- zerstückelncut into pieces
Greek διαμελίζω, διαμελίζω
- διαμελίζω (diamelízo)remove limbs
- διαμελίζω (diamelízo)cut into pieces
Japanese 切り放す
- 切り放す (kirihanasu)remove limbs
Korean 육시하다
- 육시하다 (yuksihada)remove limbs
Māori kotikoti
- kotikoticut into pieces
Polish rozczłonkowywać, rozczłonkować
- rozczłonkowywaćremove limbs
- rozczłonkowaćremove limbs
- ćwiartowaćcut into pieces
- poćwiartowaćcut into pieces
Portuguese desmembrar, desmembrar
- desmembrarremove limbs
- desmembrarcut into pieces
Russian расчленя́ть, расчлени́ть
- расчленя́ть (rasčlenjátʹ)remove limbs
- расчлени́ть (rasčlenítʹ)remove limbs
- четвертова́ть (četvertovátʹ)remove limbs
- расчленя́ть (rasčlenjátʹ)cut into pieces
- расчлени́ть (rasčlenítʹ)cut into pieces
Spanish descuartizar, desmembrar
- descuartizarcut into pieces
- desmembrarcut into pieces
Swedish lemlästa, stycka
- lemlästaremove limbs
- styckacut into pieces
Tagalog hiwagin
- hiwagincut into pieces
Ukrainian розчлено́вувати, розчленува́ти
- розчлено́вувати (rozčlenóvuvaty)remove limbs
- розчленува́ти (rozčlenuváty)remove limbs
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dismember
All rhymes →Cite this entry
dismember. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dismember
“dismember.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dismember. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dismember,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dismember.
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