Word Meanings - DISMEMBERMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head. Macaulay.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISMEMBERMENT)

• Anatomy
• Dissection
• division
• segregation
• analysis
• resolution
• dismemberment
• Detruncation
• Lopping
• disramification
• pollarding
• discorporation
• amputation
• stripping
• Rupture
• Breaking
• bursting
• tearing
• laceration
• partition
• disruption
• breach
• dissolution
• fracture
• break
• severance
• disseverance
• discerption
• disorganization
• separation
• dilaceration

Related words: (words related to DISMEMBERMENT)

• TEAR
  A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct
• BREAKMAN
  See BRAKEMAN
• BURSTEN
  p. p. of Burst, v. i.
• BURST
  berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden
• STRIPPING
  The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking. (more info) 1. The act of one who strips. The mutual bows and courtesies . . . are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive. H. Spencer. Never were cows that required
• BREAKABLE
  Capable of being broken.
• DIVISIONARY
  Divisional.
• RESOLUTIONER
  One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century. He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner. Sir W. Scott.
• AMPUTATION
  The act amputating; esp. the operation of cutting of a limb or projecting part of the body.
• DIVISIONALLY
  So as to be divisional.
• LOPPER
  One who lops or cuts off.
• TEARER
  One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.
• RUPTURED
  Having a rupture, or hernia.
• FRACTURE
  The breaking of a bone. (more info) 1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
• STRIPPER
  One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards.
• TEARPIT
  A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.
• TEARY
  1. Wet with tears; tearful. 2. Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.
• BURSTER
  One that bursts.
• RUPTUREWORT
  Same as Burstwort. A West Indian plant somewhat resembling burstwort.
• BREAKAWAY
  A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede. 2. An animal that breaks away from a herd.
• PERSEVERANCE
  Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism. Syn. -- Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity. (more info)
• MAKE AND BREAK
  Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
• LAWBREAKER
  One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
• REAMPUTATION
  The second of two amputations performed upon the same member.
• SUNBURST
  A burst of sunlight.
• MISDIVISION
  Wrong division.
• OATHBREAKING
  The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak
• PEACEBREAKER
  One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.
• CLOUD-BURST
  A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.