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Definition of: dismember
(dis·mem′bər) v.t.
1. To cut or pull limb from limb or part from part.
2. To divide; separate into parts and distribute, as an empire. [<OF desmembrer <L dis- apart + membrum a limb, member]
—dis·mem′ber·ment noun
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