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Webster 1913 Edition

Dismemberment

Dis-mem′ber-ment

,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
desmembrement
, F.
démembrement
.]
The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m[GREEK]tilation; division; separation.
The Castilians would doubtless have resented the
dismemberment
of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dismemberment

DISMEMBERMENT

,
Noun.
The act of severing a limb or limbs from the body; the act of tearing or cutting in pieces; mutilation; the act of severing a part from the main body; division; separation.
He pointed out the danger of a dismemberment of the republic.

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