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dismember

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dismember /dɪsˈmɛmbə/

▶verb

1 cut the limbs from.

2 partition or divide up (a territory or organization).

– derivatives
dismemberment noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. desmembrer, based on L. dis- ‘apart’ + membrum ‘limb’.

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