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dismember

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of dismember

1 to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly

quickly dismembered the old toolshed and hauled it off to the dump

Synonyms of dismember

break, break up, bust, disintegrate, disrupt, fracture, fragment, rive

Words Related to dismember

atomize, crush, grind, powder, pulverize, reduce

blast, blow up, burst, detonate, explode

crack, pop, shatter, shiver, smash

chip, sliver, splinter, split

destroy, ruin, wreck

Near Antonyms of dismember

doctor, fix, heal, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair

2 to take apart

dismembered the stage settings after the last performance

Synonyms of dismember

break down, demount, disassemble, dismantle, dismount, knock down, strike, take down

Words Related to dismember

detach, disengage

break up, disaggregate, disarticulate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, divide, separate

Near Antonyms of dismember

build, erect, pitch

Antonyms of dismember

assemble, construct

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