dismemberment

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A noun referring to the act of cutting off or separating limbs from a body, often resulting in being torn or cut into pieces.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa la acción de cortar o separar los miembros del cuerpo, frecuentemente resultando en la desmembración o división en partes.

1. Removal of limbs C2 formal

   The act of cutting, tearing, or pulling off the limbs or parts of a body.

   • The crime scene showed evidence of dismemberment.
   • Dismemberment is considered a particularly brutal act.
   • The novel described the dismemberment of the victim in graphic detail.

   🇪🇸Desmembramiento

   Sinónimos: amputationmutilation

2. Division into parts C1 formal

   The act of breaking up or dividing something, such as a company or territory, into smaller parts.

   • The dismemberment of the large corporation led to several smaller companies.
   • The treaty resulted in the dismemberment of the empire.
   • The board voted for the dismemberment of the conglomerate.

   🇪🇸Desmembramiento

   Sinónimos: breakupdissectiondivisionfragmentationpartitionsegmentationseparationsplitting

   Antónimos: amalgamationassemblycoalescencecombinationconsolidationintegrationjunctionmergerunificationunion

• dismemberments plural form
• dismemberments' possessive plural form
• dismemberment's possessive singular form