disarticulate

Example Sentences

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The allegations say he then "dismembered" Mr Wright and "disarticulated" his body - which means amputating limbs at the joints.

From BBC

“The aircraft is largely disarticulated,” according to Wayne Lusardi, Michigan’s state maritime archaeologist with the Department of Natural Resources and organizer of the recovery effort.

From Seattle Times

“The way he treated those bodies with contempt. We had Dr. Ross say here was a disarticulated leg, referring to bag three with Gabriel, the 2-year-old,” Hubbard answered.

From Seattle Times

The researchers found that structural details in the articulated bones matched those in many of the disarticulated ones, suggesting they belonged to the same individual.

From Scientific American

I cleaned and polished fox skulls; disarticulated, dried and kept the wings of roadkill birds.

From New York Times