dismembering
Separating body parts
Dismembering is cutting, tearing, or pulling the limbs from a body.
The word applies to humans, animals, or figuratively to organizations and territories: The empire was dismembered after the war.
In crime contexts, dismembering typically refers to cutting up a corpse: He was convicted of dismembering the victim.
Cutting apart completely
- mutilationDamaging a body severely
- hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- choppingCutting into pieces
butchering · grisly · murder · corpse · limbs · torso · chainsaw · axe
Surgical limb removal
- separationState of being apart
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- jointsSkeletal connection points
- ligamentsTough tissue joining bones
tendons · surgical · articulation · skeleton · appendages · sockets · cartilage · bone
Breaking into smaller pieces
- dividingSeparating into parts
- dissolvingPassing into solution
- disintegratingBreaking down gradually
- splittingDividing into parts
scattering · dispersing · disassembling · deconstructing · fracturing · partitioning · dismantling · unraveling
Dividing into sections
- balkanizationDivision into hostile units
- carving upCutting into pieces
- territoriesAreas under jurisdiction
- bordersLines separating regions
secession · annexation · fragmentation · dissolution · breakup · sovereignty · colonies · empire
severing
Cutting apart completely
- mutilationDamaging a body severely
- hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
chopping · butchering · grisly · murder · corpse · limbs · torso · chainsaw · axe · gruesome
amputation
Surgical limb removal
- separationState of being apart
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- jointsSkeletal connection points
ligaments · tendons · surgical · articulation · skeleton · appendages · sockets · cartilage · bone · tissue
fragmenting
Breaking into smaller pieces
- dividingSeparating into parts
- dissolvingPassing into solution
- disintegratingBreaking down gradually
splitting · scattering · dispersing · disassembling · deconstructing · fracturing · partitioning · dismantling · unraveling · tearing apart
partitioning
Dividing into sections
- balkanizationDivision into hostile units
- carving upCutting into pieces
- territoriesAreas under jurisdiction
borders · secession · annexation · fragmentation · dissolution · breakup · sovereignty · colonies · empire · nation
- breaking downsplitting, fragmenting, dividing, breaking up, partitioning
dismemberingreassembling
Joining parts again
reattaching · rejoining · reconstructing · piecing together · joining
dismemberingjoining
Linking into one
assembling · unifying · integrating · combining · consolidating
member, remember, memento, remembrance, commemorate, dismember, dismemberment, dismembered