dismemberments
Cutting bodies apart
Dismemberments are acts of cutting, tearing, or pulling apart a body—separating limbs or other parts from the whole.
The term applies to human bodies, animal carcasses, or figuratively to organizations and territories: the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire after World War I.
The word carries violent connotations whether literal or metaphorical.
Cutting apart completely
- mutilationDamaging a body severely
- amputationSurgical limb removal
- hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
- butcherySavage killing
carnage · gore · decapitation · limbs · torso · remains · slaughter · maiming
Rearranging an existing framework
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- splittingDividing into parts
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
divestiture · liquidation · fragmentation · decentralization · unbundling · spinoff · separation · division
Barrier separating spaces
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
- divisionSplitting into parts
separation · splitting · secession · territory · borders · colonies · empire · balkanization
Scientific crime-scene analysis
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- homicideCausing another's death
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
prosecution · criminal · investigation · pathology · examination · identification · victim · postmortem
severing
Cutting apart completely
- mutilationDamaging a body severely
- amputationSurgical limb removal
- hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
butchery · carnage · gore · decapitation · limbs · torso · remains · slaughter · maiming · cutting
restructuring
Rearranging an existing framework
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- splittingDividing into parts
breakup · divestiture · liquidation · fragmentation · decentralization · unbundling · spinoff · separation · division · disintegration
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
division · separation · splitting · secession · territory · borders · colonies · empire · balkanization · annexation
forensics
Scientific crime-scene analysis
murder · prosecution · criminal · investigation · pathology · examination · identification · victim · postmortem · coroner
dismembermentswholeness
Complete, undivided state
intactness · bodily integrity · preservation · reassemblies · reattachments
dismembermentsrestorations
Acts of renewing condition
grafts · reattachments · reconstructions · reunifications · reimplantations
dismembermentsminor injuries
scratches · bruises · flesh wounds · abrasions · contusions