Synonyms for dismember
All synonyms
Verb
1. Sever
Definitions
- v. 1
To remove the limbs of.
Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.
Related words
- Word family
- dismemberment
Forms
- Past participle
- dismembered
e.g. dismembered → severed, discerped, mutilated, disintegrated…
Example sentences
- sever Don't sever that precious connection with your son.
- partition Can a body, hand, or finger enter the safety partition?
- disintegrate Comets start to disintegrate as they approach the sun.
- mangle How did Tom mangle his hand?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dismember | steady | |
| sever | steady | |
| partition | steady | |
| disintegrate | steady | |
| mutilate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- part1
- 5 letters
- sever2
- 6 letters
- mangle2
- 7 letters
- discerp
- 8 letters
- separate3, mutilate3
- 9 letters
- partition3
- 12 letters
- disintegrate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sever2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- démembrer
- Italiano
- smembrare
- Español
- desmembrar