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DISMEMBERMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
Synonyms:
dismemberment; taking apart
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dismemberment" is a kind of...):
torture; torturing (the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason)
mutilation (an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part)
Derivation:
dismember (separate the limbs from the body)
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