dismember

Example Sentences

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The answer was that Tobin had killed Vicky in Bathgate, dismembered her body, and taken her remains with him when he moved to a new house 470 miles away in the south of England.

From BBC

In 2023 Putin accused the West, particularly the US, of trying to "dismember" Russia to gain access to its natural resources.

From BBC

And she’s the group’s butcher, charged with dismembering the corpses of her dead friends and breaking them down until they are no longer recognizably human.

From Salon

But everyone is at least a little insincere, even the killer, whose mocking arrangements of rose petals and dismembered organs resemble a high school promposal.

From Los Angeles Times

A builder who committed the "bloodthirsty" murder of a 38-year-old woman and then dismembered her body has been jailed for the rest of his life.

From BBC