dismembered
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
If the lease was found to be consistent with the intent of Congress, “the entire West LA campus could be dismembered by private entities that provide marginal benefits to veterans,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
No toes or feet were dismembered in the celebration.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
In 1993, ABC aired a Saturday morning cartoon show, "Tales From the Cryptkeeper," that featured a somewhat softer approach to the morbid material: characters didn't die, and being dismembered was off-limits.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2022
In Turkey, Kemal Ataturk had built a modern European secular republic - a Turkish nation-state - after the multi-ethnic Ottoman Empire had been defeated and dismembered in 1918.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2022
If your taste turns to fowl, at your request the bird suspended by its heels is halved, quartered, or wholly dismembered.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Mary Stuart Boyd
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word