Definitions for dismember

dismember dis·mem·ber

Spelling: [dis-mem-ber]
IPA: /dɪsˈmɛm bər/

Dismember is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 333 anagrams from letters in dismember (bdeeimmrs).

Definitions for dismember

verb (used with object)

  1. to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb:
  2. to divide into parts; cut to pieces; mutilate.
  3. to reduce, reorganize, or discontinue the services or parts of (a company, government agency, etc.):

Origin of dismember

1250-1300; Middle English dismembren Anglo-French, Old French desmembrer, equivalent to des- dis-1 + -membrer, verbal derivative of membre Examples for dismember

We have no desire whatever to dismember the territory of the empire.

Kiddie helped him only so far as to skin and dismember the rabbit and peel the onions.

It is easy to get a handle on it if you dismember your victim.

John Henry's plot to dismember the Union disclosed to congress.

They're weary of our existing government and are about to dismember or overthrow it?

The headlines were gruesome: after shooting and killing him, she had used a chain saw to dismember his body.

After all, why dismember his library for the sake of saving a few shillings on carriage?

He told reporters how his assailants had recognized him, set upon him with knives and tried to dismember his wrists.

If 283 they cannot manage this, they carry it to a rock, where they dismember it with their beak and claws.

Too large to pass through the door, so they tried to dismember it.

Word Value for dismember
Scrable

16

Words with friends

19

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