Dismembering - English meaning

phrasal verb

Break or cause to break into pieces

phrasal verb

(of a telephone conversation) to become impossible to understand because the connection is not strong enough

Usage examples:

He was on the subway when he called and started to break up before i could answer., the company has…

phrasal verb

To divide, or to divide something, into smaller parts

Usage examples:

The company has been broken up and sold off., manufacturing ceased at the factory when the original…

noun

A person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop.

Usage examples:

Markets often have butchers or cooked meat shops that specialize in the head and trotters, that is,…

verb

Slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food.

Usage examples:

A ban on butchering downer cows - animals that stagger, can't walk, or exhibit other signs of bse-w…

adjective

Having an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as masculine.

Usage examples:

A butch woman in a baseball cap

verb

Disturb the cohesion or organization of.

Usage examples:

The loss of the area disjointed military plans

adjective

(of two or more sets) having no elements in common.

Usage examples:

Remember how when comparing two hyperreal numbers we form three disjoint sets: the agreement set, a…

verb

Methodically cut up (a body or plant) in order to study its internal parts.

Usage examples:

An animal's eye can be easily dissected

verb

Cut open or cut apart

verb

To cut apart the body of an animal or plant in order to study its structure

Usage examples:

We had to dissect a frog in our biology class., the more experts dissect his tax revision plan, the…

verb

Separate or be separated into parts.

Usage examples:

Consumer magazines can be divided into a number of categories

noun

A difference or disagreement between two groups, typically producing tension.

Usage examples:

There was still a profound cultural divide between the parties

verb

To separate into parts or groups, or to cause something to separate in such a way

Usage examples:

[ t ] divide the cake into six equal parts., [ i ] the votes divided equally for and against the pr…

noun

A point at which parts of an artificial structure are joined.

Usage examples:

Seal the joint between the roof and the house wall

adjective

Shared, held, or made by two or more people together.

Usage examples:

A joint statement

verb

Provide or fasten (something) with joints.

Usage examples:

Other dolls, lily and jane, made in germany, had jointed arms and legs, eyelashes, eyes that opened…

noun

An arm or leg of a person or four-legged animal, or a bird's wing.

Usage examples:

They got out, stretching their cramped limbs

noun

The edge of the disc of a celestial object, especially the sun or moon.

Usage examples:

The eastern limb of the moon

noun

An arm or leg of a person or animal, or an animal’s wing

verb

Inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on.

Usage examples:

Most of the prisoners had been mutilated

verb

Destroy or injure severely

verb

To damage very seriously, esp. by violently removing a part

Usage examples:

[ u ] creatures living in the woods were blamed for the mutilation of animals in the village.

noun

Each of the parts into which something is or may be divided.

Usage examples:

A large segment of the local population

verb

Divide (something) into separate parts or sections.

Usage examples:

The unemployed are segmented into two groups

One of several parts that fit with others to make a whole