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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: desmembrer, from membre 'arm or leg'

dismember

 verb
     
dis‧mem‧ber [transitive]
1 to cut a body into pieces or tear it apart
2PG formal to divide a country, area, or organization into smaller parts
—dismemberment noun [uncountable]
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