| Pronunciation: | | d`ism'emburmunt
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| | Definition: | | [n] the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces |
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| | Synonyms: | | taking apart |
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| | See Also: | | mutilation, torture, torturing |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
The Castilians would doubtless have resented the
dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed
the head. --Macaulay.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are dismembered, suggests that some situation or circumstance is falling apart in your waking life. You are feeling disempowered and experiencing some great and significant loss. |
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