dismember

Definition

  • verb: to cut or tear (a body) into pieces
  • verb: to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of

Examples

  • The victims' bodies had been 'dismembered' and buried in the basement.

  • a 'dismembered' corpse

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) In order to stop this, the possessed must be cleansed. Purified. The book describes three specific ways. A live burial... bodily dismemberment... and purification by fire. Are you sure that this will work? If we... If I killed my sister, she'll be at peace? (..)
    2013 Evil Dead
  • (..) of what I've learned on my hike. Okay. Bye. Hi. I'm Cheryl. I'm an unaccompanied female hitchhiker. Would it be okay if I got into your car so that you can rape and dismember me? Hey, going north? Yeah, I am, actually. Okay, I just need a ride about miles up. (..)
    2014 Wild
  • (..) and indigenous homelands,... ...the introduction of synthetic chemicals into the environment,... ...and the torture, death, and dismemberment... ...of more than billion factory farmed animals worldwide each year. The emerging global consumerist lifestyle is saturated by violence. (..)
    2005 Testify! Eco-Defense and the Politics of Violence