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dismember 【dismember】v 1.肢解 2.分裂；分割The wolves dismembered the deer's dead body with their sharp teeth.野狼用那锐利的牙齿肢解小鹿的死尸。After the war, the defeated country was dismembered and could no longer be called a nation.战争后，战败的国家被瓜分，不再是个国家了。

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[dɪs'membər] 
dismemberseparate the limbs from the body
The verb dismember means to sever the limbs from a body. If you watch a horror movie, one of the necessary plot elements is for the villain to dismember a body or two... or twelve.
Dismember is from the Latin word dismembrare, which itself is from the Latin roots de, meaning "take away," and membrum, meaning "limb." The verb dismember also means to cut up into pieces or take apart. If you are doing genealogical research on your family tree you may have difficulty if your ancestors are from a region that was dismembered.  You may know your family was from the Soviet Union, for example, but since that country was dismembered, you now may need to check records in Uzbekistan or Azerbaijan to find the branches of your family tree.
All forms of 'dismember' will appear on average once every 3295 pages.dismembermentdismembermembermemberlessmembershipnonmember

Front	dismember
Pron	[dɪs'membər]
Back	【dismember】 v 1.肢解 2.分裂；分割 The wolves dismembered the deer's dead body with their sharp teeth. 野狼用那锐利的牙齿肢解小鹿的死尸。 After the war, the defeated country was dismembered and could no longer be called a nation. 战争后，战败的国家被瓜分，不再是个国家了。
Vocab	dismemberseparate the limbs from the body The verb dismember means to sever the limbs from a body. If you watch a horror movie, one of the necessary plot elements is for the villain to dismember a body or two... or twelve. Dismember is from the Latin word dismembrare, which itself is from the Latin roots de, meaning "take away," and membrum, meaning "limb." The verb dismember also means to cut up into pieces or take apart. If you are doing genealogical research on your family tree you may have difficulty if your ancestors are from a region that was dismembered. You may know your family was from the Soviet Union, for example, but since that country was dismembered, you now may need to check records in Uzbekistan or Azerbaijan to find the branches of your family tree. All forms of 'dismember' will appear on average once every 3295 pages. dismemberment dismember member memberless membership nonmember

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