dismember
verb
dis·mem·ber
(ˌ)dis-ˈmem-bər 
dismembered; dismembering
(ˌ)dis-ˈmem-b(ə-)riŋ
1
: to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
2
: to break up or tear into pieces
Examples of dismember in a Sentence
The victims' bodies had been dismembered and buried in the basement.
quickly dismembered the old toolshed and hauled it off to the dump
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The younger Haskell was charged in November 2023 with murdering and dismembering his wife, 37-year-old Mei Haskell, and killing her parents.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
Takahiro Shiraishi had been sentenced to death for his 2017 strangling and dismembering of eight women and one man in his apartment in Zama city in Kanagawa near Tokyo.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 June 2025
He was found guilty in December 2020 of murdering, raping and dismembering the nine victims, and storing their bodies in his apartment in Zama, Kanagawa prefecture, on the outskirts of Tokyo.
—Junko Ogura, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
The gang developed a reputation for torturing, brutalizing and dismembering its victims.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 June 2025
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
Takahiro Shiraishi had been sentenced to death for his 2017 strangling and dismembering of eight women and one man in his apartment in Zama city in Kanagawa near Tokyo.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 June 2025
He was found guilty in December 2020 of murdering, raping and dismembering the nine victims, and storing their bodies in his apartment in Zama, Kanagawa prefecture, on the outskirts of Tokyo.
—Junko Ogura, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
The gang developed a reputation for torturing, brutalizing and dismembering its victims.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 June 2025
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“Dismember.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dismember. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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dismember
verb
dis·mem·ber
(ˈ)dis-ˈmem-bər
dismembered; dismembering
-b(ə-)riŋ
1
: to cut off or separate the limbs or parts of
2
: to break up or tear into pieces
Medical Definition
dismember
transitive verb
dis·mem·ber
(ˈ)dis-ˈmem-bər
dismembered; dismembering
-b(ə-)riŋ
: to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
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